Despite decades of ocean exploration, humans still lack basic answers to one of the most fundamental ecological questions: ...

Europe is bursting with islands (the Mediterranean is said to have over 10,000 alone), so we're spoilt for choice.

Earthquake today: Strong tremors of magnitude 6.1 on the Richter Scale jolted Kuril Islands on June 14, National Center for ...

The Kuril-Kamchatka region frequently experiences large (M>=7) and great (M>=8) earthquakes. In the 114 years since 1900, 133 large and 12 great earthquakes have occurred along the arc. Damaging ...

Buildings in the capital of Taipei shook for about a minute, however, there were no immediate reports of major damage.

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck Taiwan at a depth of 10 kilometers on Wednesday, rattling the island and prompting swift ...

means the earthquake’s focus, also called the hypocenter, which is the point inside the Earth where the rupture or release of energy occurs, is located just 8 kilometers below the Earth’s surface.

The 2011 Tohoku earthquake is the best recorded and most studied giant earthquake, resulting in a remarkable suite of observations. A special issue of the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of ...

The magnitude of this earthquake, 6.2, is considerable and could result in significant damage, especially given its relatively shallow focus. Shallow earthquakes tend to release energy closer to the ...

Artificial intelligence and satellites have been deployed to track extensive infrastructure damage caused by the 7.7-magnitude earthquake ... Mandalay is close to the shallow epicenter, just ...

On March 28, 2025, a major 7.7 magnitude earthquake originated near Mandalay, Myanmar, and shook the Earth as far as Bangkok, about 1,300 kilometers away With aftershocks still rattling the city ...