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Destroyed about 40% of villages in the North of the country.In Iran on may 13 in the Iran earthquake of magnitude 5.7. According to state news Agency IRNA, two people died and 225 were injured. Authorities report that destroyed about 40% of villages in the North of the country. 11 …

Every year the risk of powerful aftershocks will increase. Seismologists found that the “earthquake of the century” magnitude of 8.3 will occur in the area of the capital, Santiago. It can happen in the next few decades. By calculations of experts, the likelihood of powerful aftershocks in the current year …

Large earthquakes reaching 8 points, happen in Chile every 65-85 years. Santiago, capital of Chile, may become a victim of the powerful earthquake of magnitude 8.3 points on a scale of MMS or above in the near future, warn seismologists who published their forecast in the journal Earth and Planetary …

French and Chilean seismologists had predicted that in the next few decades in the area of Santiago (Chile) will be the highest on the planet an earthquake. The minimum magnitude of the quake, estimated to amount to 8.3. A study published in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters. The …

Local residents say that woke up the feeling of shaking and banging dishes.Tremors 3 on the Richter scale was recorded on April 29 in 00:56 at a depth of 11 km up to 10 km on West from Leipzig towards Halle. About victims and destructions are not reported. Local residents …

Due to the earthquake announced the threat of a tsunami. In Russia, near the village of Ust-Kamchatsky on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Pacific ocean, an earthquake of magnitude 6.7. It is reported by the duty service the seismic station Petropavlovsk. It is noted that the declared threat of a …

The magnitude of the earthquake was 5.7. An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 occurred in the North-Eastern part of the island New Guinea (territory of Papua-New Guinea). It is reported in the Altai-Sayan branch of the Geophysical service of the Unified Russian Academy of Sciences. The epicenter is fixed at 11:07 …

Time flies. It’s been 6 years after the earthquake in Japan of magnitude 9.0 — the likelihood of such power a natural disaster hits one time in 600 years! It created a tsunami, whose height reached 16 meters. It, but not earthquake, caused the deaths of thousands of people — …

Fracture is a possible source of earthquakes up to eight on the Richter scale. Geological fault near the town of Santa Barbara in the southern part of the us state of California might cause earthquakes. To such conclusion the American scientists who published an article in the journal Geophysical Research …

In Indonesia, an earthquake of magnitude 5.2.Monday, February 13, in Indonesia, an earthquake of magnitude 5.2. It is reported by the USGS. The epicenter of the quake was located 9 kilometers North-West of the settlement Labuhan Kananga. The earthquake lies at a depth of 215 km. Information on victims and …