MANILA (Reuters) – A magnitude 6.6 earthquake shook the Philippines Tuesday, killing at least one person and damaging roads and buildings, including a hospital and a sports complex used as a new coronavirus quarantine center. A partially damaged building is seen in the middle of a rubble in the province …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The explosion of the port of Beirut was preceded by a series of explosions, the last of which was a burning of fireworks that apparently set a warehouse full of ammonium nitrate, an Israeli seismological and ammunition expert said on Thursday. Boaz Hayoun, of the Tamar Group …
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It is a tectonic twin. Although it is known that earthquakes once destroy things and go away, they have never been documented returning for a second aid of destruction – until now. In a new seismic study published in Nature Geoscience, an international team of geologists has discovered evidence of …
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A 5.1 magnitude earthquake shook North Carolina early Sunday with the most powerful tremors to hit the state in more than 100 years. The quake struck about 8:07 a.m. with the epicenter about 2.5 miles southeast of Sparta, just south of the Virginia-North Carolina border, according to the U.S. Geological …
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The Hotel Chin shuai is located on August 9, 2009. In Typhoon Morakot in Chihpen, in Taitung province Taitung, in southeastern Taiwan, collapses in flood water. New research connects typhoon landings to a series of small earthquakes that follow. (STR / AFP via Getty Images) Typhoon Morakot brought extensive floods …
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