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14 of the deadliest natural disasters in history
Reference The world's deadliest natural disasters span more than 2,500 years of human history and include earthquakes, tsunamis and cyclones.
Italy's Campi Flegrei volcano hit by 150 earthquakes in just 5 hours
Europe's awakening Campi Flegrei volcano experienced its biggest seismic swarm in 40 years, with 150 earthquakes rocking the region in southern Italy in the evening of May 20.
Why do earthquakes happen far away from plate boundaries?
It's well known that earthquakes can rock fault-filled places like the U.S. West Coast. But why do earthquakes happen in the middle of tectonic plates?
5 catastrophic megathrust earthquakes led to the demise of the pre-Aztec city of Teotihuacan, new study suggests
Analyses of Teotihuacan's three major pyramids show that the city was shaken by multiple catastrophic earthquakes — and this may have led to its demise.
Part of the San Andreas fault may be gearing up for an earthquake
The Parkfield section of the San Andreas fault is sending mixed messages before a time of expected increased seismic risk.
Rare magnitude 4.8 and 3.8 earthquakes rock Northeast, including Greater New York area
Magnitude 4.8 and 3.8 earthquakes struck New Jersey and rocked the Northeast on Friday (April 5).
2,000 earthquakes in 1 day off Canada coast suggest the ocean floor is ripping apart, scientists say
Record earthquake activity off the coast of Vancouver Island hints at the birth of new oceanic crust.
Oldest evidence of earthquakes found in strange jumble of 3.3 billion-year-old rocks from Africa
Geologists have found that the rocks of the Barberton Greenstone Belt are similar to those subjected to earthquakes and landslides in New Zealand.
Sleeping subduction zone could awaken and form a new 'Ring of Fire' that swallows the Atlantic Ocean
A modeling study suggests a slumbering subduction zone below the Gibraltar Strait is active and could break into the Atlantic Ocean in 20 million years' time, giving birth to an Atlantic "Ring of Fire."
Seattle's massive fault may result from oceanic crust 'unzipping itself' 55 million years ago
Magnetic data suggest Seattle's fault line formed 55 million years ago, when the southern half of a subducting chain of volcanic islands piled onto the continent and tore apart from the northern half.
