Magnitude 3 earthquake rattles Mount St. Helens volcano
A magnitude 3 earthquake rattled Mount St. Helens today, triggering rockfall and sending an ash plume above the crater rim, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
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Three Satellites Needed To Bring Out 'Shy Star'
An international team of scientists has uncovered a rare type of neutron star so elusive that it took three satellites to identify it.
Moderate Earthquake shakes awake residents of Hawaii's Big Island
A moderate earthquake shook awake many residents of the Big Island on Friday morning, although no injuries or damages were reported.
Tsunami earthquake 'ruptured the sea floor'
The earthquake that triggered last December's devastating Indian Ocean tsunami caused a 1 000km rupture in the sea floor, scientists said on Wednesday.
Quake shakes Fars
GSI News Section- The seismological base of Fars affiliated to the Geophysics...
Damages caused by unexpected events is 10 percent of national impure production according to Iran's First Vice-President
GSI News Section- "Iran locates on a seismic region because an strong earthquake happens every 5 years there measuring ...
NASA Satellites Measure And Monitor Sea Level
For the first time, NASA has the tools and expertise to understand the rate at which sea level is changing, some of the mechanisms that drive those changes and the ...
X-ray Oscillations From Biggest Star Quake Provide Clues To Mysterious Interior Neutron Stars
A gigantic explosion on a neutron star halfway across the Milky Way galaxy, the largest such explosion ever recorded in the universe, ...
Quake shakes NW Iran
An earthquake measuring 3.8 on the open-ended Richter scale hit the city of Khoy in the northwestern province of West Azarbaijan in the wee hours of Tuesday.
Aref inaugurates Iran seismological base central building
Iran's First Vice-President Mohammad Reza Aref here on Tuesday inaugurated the new central building of Iran ...
Quake hits southern Iran
A mild earthquake measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale hit Bandar Abbas and its vicinity in the southern province of Hormuzgan Tuesday.
NEW MINERAL DISCOVERED, 'LANTHANIO-DISSAKISITE'
The new mineral discovered in 2000 in Val d'Ultimo, between Bolzano and Merano, which will be officially presented on Thursday, is named Lanthanio Dissakisite.
Fairbury Man Says He Was Nearly Hit By Meteorite
A Fairbury man was watering his yard last week when he had a very rare and close encounter with a possible meteorite.
Andamans volcano is post-tsunami hit
When South Asia's only active volcano erupted in late May, residents still reeling from the tsunami in India's Andaman and Nicobar archipelago feared the worst.
Myths might be related to earthquakes
Researchers say northwestern Native American myths of two-headed serpents and epic battles between Thunderbird and Whale are rooted in seismic history.