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Why our favourite holiday destinations in Europe are at growing risk of earthquakes

Portuguese residents were terrified when the ground started shaking in the early hours of Monday morning last week. Environmental scientist Deborah R Coen explains why they are right to worry about when the big one will hit Lisbon and many other of our favourite destinations in southern Europe

The Independent UK

How do you make a giant gold nugget? Take a vein of quartz, add a few thousand earthquakes

Humanity’s fascination with gold stretches back thousands of years. Gold mining is described in ancient Greek and Roman sources, and gold rushes – especially in the 19th century – played a powerful role in shaping the modern world.

The Conversation

Earthquakes can trigger quartz into forming giant gold nuggets, study finds

Geologists have known for decades that gold forms in quartz with the help of earthquakes, but now they have worked out exactly how the setting and seismic waves combine to form large nuggets.

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Seismic echoes reveal a mysterious ‘donut’ inside Earth’s core

About 2,890 kilometres beneath our feet lies a gigantic ball of liquid metal: our planet’s core. Scientists like me use the seismic waves created by earthquakes as a kind of ultrasound to “see” the shape and structure of the core.

The Conversation

Could the Muswellbrook earthquakes be caused by coal mining? Geoscientists explain

On Friday 23 August, a magnitude 4.8 earthquake near Muswellbrook, New South Wales, shook the state. The earthquake caused local damage and Geoscience Australia received more than 3,600 felt reports, including from Sydney and Canberra, up to 360 kilometres away.

The Conversation

Where the fault lies: opinion divided over mining's role in Muswellbrook earthquakes

Hunter Valley locals debate mining's role in recent earthquakes.

Newcastle Herald

Mine workers injured, will there be aftershocks? What we know about quake

It was the largest earthquake in the Hunter Valley in 20 years.

Newcastle Herald

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Rare 'doomsday fish' said to bring earthquakes spotted in California days before LA quake

Beachgoers found a rare oarfish off California two days before an earthquake, mirroring folklore that says the deep-sea creatures are "doomsday fish."

LiveScience

“Bad Omen”: Rare Sea Serpent Surfaces In San Diego Waters, Linked To Earthquake Legend

Kayak adventurers found an incredibly rare, 4-meter-long “sea serpent” washed ashore in San Diego. It was the latest in only 20 encounters in California waters since 1901. The post “Bad Omen”: Rare Sea Serpent Surfaces In San Diego Waters, Linked To Earthquake Legend first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Some New Zealand homes are becoming uninsurable because of natural disasters – but all may not be lost

After a series of natural disasters – from the Canterbury earthquakes to Cyclone Gabrielle – real doubt hangs over the insurance options available to some New Zealand homeowners.

The Conversation

Recent Earthquakes In California

Recent seismic activity in Southern California raises concerns about earthquake preparedness in the region.

Top News

Japan’s PM cancels overseas trip after experts issue ‘megaquake’ warning

The Japan Meteorological Agency has issued its first-ever warning of the risk of a huge earthquake along the Pacific coast

The Guardian - AU

"It is the right thing to do" – sudden increase in earthquakes closes areas of volcanic National Park

The uptick in seismic activity began on Monday morning, prompting park officials to secure several areas

Advnture

Pompeii skeletons suggest earthquakes piled on cataclysmic destruction from volcanic eruption

Ancient Roman city was destroyed by eruption of Mt Vesuvius in 79AD

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Earthquakes, Not Just Volcanic Ash, A Pompeii Killer: Research

Victims who perished in Pompeii after the devastating 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius may have been killed by a simultaneous earthquake, according to new research published on Thursday.

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Will we have more earthquakes because of climate change?

Changes in sea level and glacial melt could make earthquakes more likely in the coming years.

The Independent UK

River Ganges abruptly changed course after major earthquake 2,500 years ago

River’s main channel previously ran about 100km south of Dhaka in Bangladesh

The Independent UK

Magnitude won’t be the horror determinator of California’s big earthquake — location will be

Earthquakes remain confoundingly difficult to predict, according to experts, even though many are desperately trying to figure out the best way to handle big quake in a state encountering around 35 a day, writes Josh Marcus

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‘It could have been us’: filming the devastation after the Turkish-Syrian earthquakes

Waad al-Kateab’s documentary Death Without Mercy collects agonising experience from the aftermath of 2023. She reflects on a natural disaster made much worse by politics, and how she is trying to help

LiveScience

'The difference between alarming and catastrophic': Cascadia megafault has 1 especially deadly section, new map reveals

The Cascadia subduction zone is more complex than researchers previously knew. The new finding could help scientists better understand the risk from future earthquakes.

The Independent UK

Strong earthquakes shake area near Japanese region hit by Jan. 1 fatal disaster, but no tsunami

Strong earthquakes have shaken Japan’s north-central region of Ishikawa that was hit by Jan. 1 fatal quake, but there authorities say there was no danger of a tsunami

USAFacts

Are US earthquakes becoming more costly?

Earthquakes — mostly on the West Coast — cost the US around $14.7 billion per year.

Evening Standard

Iceland's famous Blue Lagoon evacuated as volcano erupts again

The eruption began in the early afternoon following a series of earthquakes north of the town of Grindavik

LiveScience

Why do earthquakes happen far away from plate boundaries?

It's well known that earthquakes can rock fault-filled places like the U.S. West Coast. But why do earthquakes happen in the middle of tectonic plates?

The Hindu

Can heavy snowfall and rain contribute to some earthquakes?

Study links heavy snowfall and rain to earthquake swarms in Japan, revealing a new connection between climate and seismic activity.

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