Japan, quake and tsunami
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Japan has issued an advisory for northern coastal areas for an increased risk of a possible mega-quake induced by a major quake earlier in the day.
When a powerful quake struck northern Chile in 2024, the damage did not match what scientists expected from its depth. The shaking in and around the mining hub of Calama hinted that something in the planet’s interior had quietly primed the fault to fail ...
A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck northern Chile in July 2024—and it wasn’t supposed to be that strong. Unlike Chile’s infamous shallow “megathrust” quakes, this one ruptured deep inside the Earth, where shaking is usually weaker at the ...
Earthquake-prone Chile may be one of the countries best prepared for seismic shocks, but officials are nervously watching a major fault line that could shift any time, threatening the capital. Long accustomed to quakes such as the 8.8 monster that killed ...