Santorini, hit by an earthquake in late January, has since been shaken by a swarm of tremors. Most of its 16,000 residents have fled, and authorities have declared a state of emergency on nearby ...

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Taiwan lies along the Pacific ‘Ring of Fire,’ the line of seismic faults encircling the Pacific Ocean from Chile to New Zealand where most of the world’s earthquakes occur. The 1999 magnitude 7.7 ...

New research uncovers a surprising clue in earthquake forecasting: tiny curved scratches on fault planes. These marks reveal ...

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high-voltage power lines faulted in the area, new sensor data shows ... −5 −10 −30 About three seconds later, another major fault was registered near Altadena, according to Whisker Labs ...

Taiwan lies along the Pacific ring of fire, the line of seismic faults encircling the Pacific Ocean from Chile to New Zealand where most of the world’s earthquakes occur. A 1999 magnitude 7.7 quake ...

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