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A new study corrects the recorded depth of an earthquake in Japan, revealing that it was not the deepest in history.
An earthquake measuring 6.7 struck eastern Indonesia, but authorities reported no tsunami threat. The quake's epicenter was ...
Three successive quakes jolted Andaman Sea on Monday. The latest earthquake measuring 4.7 magnitude on the Richter scale jolted And ...
"Today's earthquake is the first test of modern Myanmar's infrastructure against a large, shallow-focus earthquake close to its major cities." ...
A 2.5M earthquake was felt near Forks, Washington on Sunday afternoon. The earthquake struck at a depth of -0.19 miles, indicating it was a very shallow quake. According to the United States ...
For context, a deep earthquake is 300 - 700 km. Shallow earthquakes are more dangerous because there is less distance for the waves to travel before striking cities and infrastructure head-on.
It produces shallow-focus earthquakes, which can be particularly damaging in densely populated areas.
SUMMERVILLE, Ga. — A shallow, weak earthquake occurred in northwest Georgia at 8:00 a.m. early Tuesday morning. The magnitude 2.6 earthquake was about 5 miles northwest of Menlo, Georgia, near ...
The earthquake in Turkey that killed more than 3,100 people and set off a series of aftershocks ruptured on a shallow fault line just over 11 miles beneath the Earth’s surface, making it one of ...
What to know about this week's Kern County earthquake depth The quake centered in Kern County was shallow, making it more likely to be felt over a wide area, experts say.
“This has been a very dangerous earthquake because it was a shallow earthquake with a very big magnitude,” Galindo-Zaldivar said. The region surrounding Marrakesh also stands at a disadvantage ...
SUMMERVILLE, Ga. — A shallow, weak earthquake occurred in northwest Georgia at 8:00 a.m. early Tuesday morning. The magnitude 2.6 earthquake was about 5 miles northwest of Menlo, Georgia, near ...