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What drives aftershocks?Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Dec 03, 2013 On 27 February 2010 an earthquake of magnitude 8.8 struck South-Central Chile near the town of Maule. The main shock displaced the subduction interface by up to 16 meters. Like usually after strong earthquakes a series of aftershocks occurred in the region with decreasing size over the next months. A surprising result came from an afterslip study: Up to 2 meters additional slip occurred along the plate interface within 420 days only, in a pulse like fashion and without associated seismicity. ... read more |
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 Weaker than expected Atlantic hurricane season ends The 2013 Atlantic hurricane season officially ended on Saturday as the quietest since 1982 and the sixth least active since 1950, the US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration said. ... more | .. |
 Somalis struggle after devastating cyclone: aid agencies More than 100,000 people are struggling in Somalia's cyclone-hit northeastern Puntland region, aid agencies warned Friday, saying floodwaters had wiped out the livestock two-thirds of the people survive on. ... more | .. |
 Philippine typhoon survivors flee false tsunami alert About a thousand traumatised survivors of the Philippines' deadliest typhoon fled their homes in one central province following false rumours of a tsunami, civil defence officials said Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Quake near Iran nuclear plant kills 8 A 5.7 magnitude earthquake on the Gulf coast near Iran's sole nuclear power plant killed eight people and injured 190 on Thursday, emergency response chief Hassan Qadami told state media. ... more |
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 2013 hurricane season said quietest since 1950 No major hurricanes formed in the Atlantic basin in the 2013 hurricane season, something that hasn't happened since 1994, U.S. weather scientists said. ... more | .. |
 Indian cyclone weakens, 'no danger,' says weather office A "very severe" cyclone that was threatening to wreak havoc on India's southeast coast has weakened significantly overnight and now poses "no danger," India's weather office said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 18,000 Indonesians flee erupting volcano Almost 18,000 people have now fled their homes as a volcano violently erupts in western Indonesia, an official said, as it spewed more red-hot gas and rocks Monday. ... more | .. |
 Early-career investigator discovers current volcanic activity under West Antarctica Scientists funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) have observed "swarms" of seismic activity--thousands of events in the same locations, sometimes dozens in a single day--between January 20 ... more |
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 Thousands flee as Indonesia volcano erupts eight times A volcano in western Indonesia has erupted eight times in just a few hours, "raining down rocks" over a large area and forcing thousands to flee their homes, officials said Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Philippines typhoon death toll feared to hit 7,000 The number of people dead or missing after one of the world's strongest typhoons struck the Philippines climbed towards 7,000 on Saturday, as the United Nations warned much more needed to be done to help desperate survivors. ... more | .. |
 Prosecutors probe Sardinia flash flood deaths Prosecutors in Sardinia have opened five investigations into the deaths of 16 people killed during flash floods which swept away bridges and flooded homes, Italian media reported Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Volcano discovered smoldering under a kilometer of ice in West Antarctica It wasn't what they were looking for but that only made the discovery all the more exciting. In January 2010 a team of scientists had set up two crossing lines of seismographs across Marie Byrd Land ... more |
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 China hospital ship heads for typhoon-hit Philippines A Chinese hospital ship set sail for the typhoon-ravaged Philippines Thursday, with foreign media given unprecedented access to a navy base as Beijing seeks to promote its aid effort nearly two weeks after the disaster. ... more | .. |
 Heavy rains force closure of Dubai Airshow, UAE schools Heavy rains and flooding forced the annual airshow in Dubai to close early on its last day Thursday while schools in the desert Gulf state were ordered shut. ... more | .. |
 Philippines counts the cost of Typhoon Haiyan Super Typhoon Haiyan's devastating assault on the central Philippines exerted a catastrophic human cost, but analysts say its impact on one of Asia's fastest growing economies will be less traumatic. ... more | .. |
 Search for victims as Sardinia floods leave 18 dead Italian emergency workers searched house by house on the island of Sardinia on Tuesday after a Mediterranean cyclone triggered flash floods, leaving 18 people dead and forcing thousands to seek emergency shelter. ... more |
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 Sardinia flash floods leave nine dead Flash floods on the Italian holiday island of Sardinia Monday left nine people dead as rivers broke their banks and a cyclone smashed cars, flooded homes and brought down road bridges. ... more | .. |
 Rare downpours and floods hit Saudi capital Rare heavy downpours triggered flash floods in the Saudi capital on Sunday forcing schools and universities to close and prompting calls by the authorities for citizens to remain indoors. ... more | .. |
 Powerful quake strikes far south Atlantic: USGS A powerful 7.8 magnitude undersea earthquake struck in the Scotia Sea, a remote region in the far south Atlantic near Antarctica, US earthquake monitors reported Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Six dead in Vietnam floods: officials Six people have been killed in severe flooding sweeping central Vietnam, local officials said Saturday, amid concerns that the inundations could continue to worsen. ... more |
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 Typhoon kills 10,000 in one Philippine city: UN The United Nations warned Monday of a quickly mounting death toll from the super typhoon in the Philippines, with 10,000 people feared killed in the worst-hit city of Tacloban alone. ... more | .. |
6.6 quake hits off east coast of Russia: USGS A 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of far eastern Russia Tuesday, the US Geological Survey reported. ... more | .. |
More than 5,000 flee erupting Indonesian volcano More than 5,000 people have fled their homes in western Indonesia in recent days following a series of violent volcanic eruptions, an official said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
Storm-chaser says Philippines typhoon 'off the scale' For professional storm-chaser James Reynolds, whose day job involves capturing typhoons, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions at heart-stoppingly close range, intense danger goes with the territory. ... more |
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