Aftermath of China's earthquake

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Science and Technology - Briefs

South Asia

Turkey earthquakes one year on: The devastation has exposed deep societal scars and women are bearing the brunt

Following the quakes, women and girls faced heightened care and domestic work responsibilities, health challenges and an increased susceptibility …

Earthquakes can change the course of rivers — with devastating results. We may now be able to predict these threats

Tens of thousands of active faults run under river channels around the world and in New Zealand

Joshimath sinking: Did micro earthquakes lead to subsidence?

Part 1: Report by Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology finds very small seismic activities as contributing factor

Garhwal, Himachal could experience a 8 magnitude quake in future: study

New paper says this is because very less seismic energy has been released since the 1975 Kinnaur earthquake

Nepal earthquake reconstruction won't succeed until vulnerability of survivors is addressed

In Nepal, 80% of human settlement is often referred to as “informal”. These are households not in compliance with building norms and …

Seismic activity has gone through the roof in last two months

Since December 2, 2016, there have been around 420 earthquakes of magnitude over 5 along all major continental plate boundaries

Man-made earthquakes triggered by fracking, dams are not localised: Study

It was until now believed that such disturbances are limited to an area near the site of injection.  

‘Earthquake swarm’ in Palghar: Why Maharashtra district is being hit since November

Experts say the situation cannot be taken lightly as many major earthquakes in the region have been preceded by earthquake swarm activity

Geysers can help predict quakes

Erratic eruptions of gushing hot springs have been recorded before the occurrence of tremors. Though scientists are not sure why this happens, …

The slower, the safer

Geologists in the US have discovered that earthquakes can also occur slowly causing minimal damage

Your own seismograph

With the help of a cheap seismograph you can now monitor quakes, small or large, without taking the trouble of moving out of your backyard

To quake or not to quake

Earthquakes occurring below oceans have been the subject of intense speculation of seismologists across the globe. Theories of the past have …

Two decades of Earth data at your fingertips

Check out NASA's latest offering on two decades of changes on Earth, namely detailed views of volanoes fuming, hurricanes flooding, dams being …

'Himalayan region will have earthquakes greater than magnitude 8 in the future'

Interview with Rebecca Bendick, Geologist and Professor at the department of geosciences in the University of Montana

‘We know where earthquakes can strike, but never when’

Mike Searle, lecturer at the Department of Earth Sciences, Oxford University and senior research fellow in Worcester College, Oxford, tells …

Quake Escape

Geoscientist Harsh Gupta speaks to Dinsa Sachan on the need for an  early warning system for  earthquakes  

Balancing boulders

Earthquake- free regions may be pinpointed by studying the number of delicately poised rocks that dot them

Terror unearthed?

California is sitting on gases at very high pressure that are enough to trigger earthquakes in near future

Guidebook to world of tremors, earthquakes

The Crack in the Centre of the World, America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906 by Simon Winchester Penguin 2006

‘There is no reliable prediction of size and place of earthquake’

The rate of earthquake occurrence worldwide, or India in general, has not increased in the last few years, say experts

Maluku earthquake: Why do some ocean earthquakes cause tsunamis while others don’t?

Shallow subduction zone earthquakes actually displace the seafloor and the ocean above it