In days when some believe the start of the seven-year biblical apocalypse has begun, news of global unrest, political instability, earthquakes, and record-breaking hurricanes can cause concern. There may be more reason to worry this week after scientists report an uptick in earthquake swarms at Mount Rainier, a large volcano near Seattle, Washington that is…
It turns out that Nessie, also known as the Loch Ness Monster, may be so difficult to find because we were looking in the wrong place. 43-year-old Keith Stewart operates a sightseeing cruise on Loch Ness. He was not a firm believer in the Loch Ness Monster’s existence – until his Photo of Loch Ness…
This crack in the earth is huge – more than seven football fields long and nearly a football field in width – and it appeared virtually overnight. Scientists are not sure what caused it, how it formed, or how much bigger it may get.
The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake is the third-largest earthquake ever recorded and holds the record for the longest duration of faulting ever observed. The massive event triggered a series of devastating tsunamis that generated waves up to 100 feet high which resulted in the deaths of approximately 230,000 people. Among those who died were John…
Six Italian scientists and one ex-government official have just been sentenced to six-years in prison for multiple manslaughter after failing to accurately predict deadly 2009 earthquake. The courts found that the scientists gave falsely reassuring statements after studying tremors that had shaken the Italian city of L’Aquila. The 6.3 magnitude quake killed 309 people.
The April 11, 2012 series of Earthquakes in Indonesia may have been a bigger event than originally thought – they may have broken the tectonic plate. The largest of the quakes was a magnitude 8.7 offshore quake that produced stronger ground-shaking than any earthquake in history. Scientists found it odd that it triggered several earthquakes…
The 5.9 East Coast earthquake on August 23, 2011 prompted plenty of jokes from West Coast citizens who viewed the earthquake as a non-event. Here are a few of the funniest social networking posts we ran across
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