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May 26, 2025 — Researchers have mathematically elucidated how the presence of crystals and gas bubbles in magma affects the propagation of seismic P-waves.
A study published in the journal Tectonics has provided new insights into the forces that cause tectonic movements in ...
A new paper reveals that ground acceleration from moonquakes, rather than meteor impacts, was responsible for shifting lunar ...
The Krasheninnikov volcano’s first eruption in centuries is believed to have been triggered in part by the massive earthquake ...
Fears of a devastating tsunami across the Pacific were fading after one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off a sparsely populated Russian peninsula, but communities along South ...
Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, the area in which a magnitude 8.8. earthquake occurred on July 29, is within the so-called "ring of fire." ...
Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula and surrounding Pacific Rim regions continued to experience seismic instability, with dozens of ...
The event highlighted the need for preparedness, as an earthquake on the Cascadia Subduction Zone could generate a local ...
One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded hit Russia’s Far East, flooding a fishing port with waves from a tsunami, ...
Earthquake magnitude ratings Scientists assign a magnitude rating to earthquakes based on the strength and duration of their seismic waves.