The £6.9bn world's longest bridge that's strong enough to resist earthquakes and typhoons
The bridge was designed to withstand typhoons, magnitude-8 earthquakes and even being struck by a 300,000-ton naval vessel.
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Europe's Supervolcano Is A Ticking Timebomb
Mount Vesuvius may be Europe's most famous volcano, but lurking nearby is an ancient supervolcano, a ticking timebomb that ...
Exploring Taiwan’s earthquake readiness
Taiwan is one of the most seismically active places in the world, and one of the most advanced when it comes to earthquake ...
N.J. rattled by 2.4 magnitude earthquake. How far was it felt?
A 2.4 magnitude earthquake jolted the northern New Jersey region near New York City Friday afternoon, the U.S. Geological ...
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Claims for the world's deepest earthquake challenged by new analysis
The magnitude 7.9 Bonin Islands earthquake sequence, which ruptured deep within the earth near the base of the upper mantle, did not include an aftershock that extended to record depths into the lower ...
Earthquakes above magnitude 5 strike Philippines
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck off the central Philippines on Thursday, damaging buildings and a road near its epicentre, ...
Strong earthquake in Taiwan injures 27 and causes scattered damage
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake has struck southern Taiwan, leaving 27 people with minor injuries and some reported damage.
Scientists know where the big earthquakes will hit. They just don’t know when
A lurch in the Earth’s tectonic plates can wreak havoc at any time – as we’ve just seen in Vanuatu. How do scientists measure ...