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A magnitude-7.6 earthquake off Indonesia rocked Darwin. What makes some regions more prone to them?

Residents in Australia's north woke to shaking homes and cars early on Tuesday morning, when a massive earthquake struck under the Banda Sea. Here's what you should do in an earthquake, and why the Top End region is prone to them.

ABC News

Maluku earthquake: why do some ocean earthquakes cause tsunamis while others don't?

We live on an active planet, one whose surface is constantly in motion, although imperceptibly to us most of the time. Until an earthquake occurs.

The Conversation

Magnitude 5.3 Quake Hits Northern Morocco

A 5.3 magnitude quake hit the provincial northern Moroccan town of Al Hoceima early on Saturday, the state news agency reported. The quake occurred at a depth of 21km. The province of Al Hoceima experienced at least four earthquakes in a single week in 2021.

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Golden Gate Bridge, in 'fair' shape, gets $400 million to brace against earthquakes

The Golden Gate Bridge is set to receive $400 million from the multibillion-dollar infrastructure bill signed last year by President Joe Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday.

Los Angeles Times

‘Mind-blowing’ hidden network of magma chambers found under Hawaii’s volcanoes

Researchers unsure how magma’s movement in these ‘sills’ could be triggering tiny quakes

The Independent UK

At least 2 dead, 11 injured in 6.4 earthquake in Northern California

FORTUNA, Calif. — A powerful earthquake struck Humboldt County early Tuesday, killing at least two people, causing widespread damage to buildings and leaving tens of thousands without power.

Los Angeles Times

At least 2 dead, 11 injured in 6.4 earthquake in Northern California

FORTUNA, Calif. — A magnitude 6.4 earthquake that rattled Northern California early Tuesday has resulted in at least two deaths from medical emergencies, causing damage across the region and leaving tens of thousands without power in Humboldt County, according to authorities.

Los Angeles Times

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$To ease looming West Texas water shortage, oil companies have begun recycling fracking wastewater$

To ease looming West Texas water shortage, oil companies have begun recycling fracking wastewater

Oil and gas companies are increasingly reusing “produced water” as West Texas aquifers are being depleted and the practice of injecting wastewater into disposal wells triggers more earthquakes.

The Texas Tribune

Rebuilding a broken city

It's more than a decade since the Canterbury earthquakes, but how far has the Christchurch rebuild come?

Newsroom.co.nz

Earthquake shakes Adelaide Hills, tremor also detected in southern suburbs

Early risers in parts of the Adelaide Hills were shaken from their slumber by a small tremor before sunrise, with one resident saying his "cat was running around scared and went and hid".

ABC News

Jan Gregus attracts Rangers transfer 'interest' as towering midfielder available for January swoop

The Slovakian international midfielder is enjoying a spell in the United States with San Jose Earthquakes

Glasgow Live

Explainer: Is the Mauna Loa volcano eruption in Hawaii dangerous?

No evacuation orders have been issued as Hawaii’s Big Island experiences earthquakes, lava flows and volcanic gas.

Al Jazeera

World’s largest active volcano Mauna Loa erupts in Hawaii causing more than dozen earthquakes

Vulnerable people told to remain indoors during expected ashfall

The Independent UK

Why are shallow earthquakes more destructive? The disaster in Java is a devastating example

On November 21 2022 an earthquake near the Indonesian city of Cianjur in West Java caused at least 268 deaths and damaged 22,000 buildings.

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Indonesia's earthquake had just a 5.6 magnitude. Why are hundreds of people dead?

Bodies continued to be pulled from debris Tuesday in the hardest-hit city of Cianjur. Experts say proximity to fault lines, the shallowness of the quake and poor infrastructure all worsened the toll.

ABC News

A shallow tremor in a densely populated town made this Indonesia’s deadliest earthquake this year

Solomon Islands was struck by two earthquakes within half an hour yesterday, just a day after a deadly quake struck West Java. So why was the comparatively smaller quake in Indonesia more deadly?

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Why was Indonesia's shallow quake so deadly?

A 5.6 magnitude earthquake left more than 160 dead and hundreds injured as buildings crumbled and terrified residents ran for their lives on Indonesia’s main island of Java

ABC News

Earthquake 'swarm' data in Mukinbudin studied to understand seismic activity in WA's Wheatbelt region

Scientists collect data to determine the cause of ongoing seismic activity in the Wheatbelt. It comes following a cluster of at least 13 earthquakes in the Mukinbudin area last week.

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Collaboration key to meeting NZ’s infrastructure demands

Events like the earthquakes and Covid-19 drove change in the construction sector, but the ball needs to keep rolling.

Los Angeles Times

Supershear earthquakes are super powerful, and a lot less rare than previously thought

On April 18, 1906, San Francisco phonograph dealer Peter Bacigalupi’s day began like none other.

The Texas Tribune

Texas oil and gas agency investigating 5.4 magnitude earthquake in West Texas, the largest in three decades

The quake was the third largest in Texas history, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. An increase in seismic activity in Texas has been linked to injecting fracking wastewater underground.

Wales Online

Undersea volcano near Mariana Trench is believed to be erupting, say scientists

Experts are investigating whether the activity detected has been caused by shallow earthquakes or material exploding from the crater

Reuters

Three quakes hit Fiji islands region, no tsunami warnings

Three earthquakes were recorded south of the Fiji islands in the Pacific on Wednesday evening, each at a depth of around 600 km (370 miles), the United States Geological Survey said.

Daily Mirror

Warning to people living near world's largest active volcano after spike in earthquakes

Since September scientists have reported a spike in the number of earthquakes in the area around the massive Hawaiian volcano Mauna Loa and a build up of magma has caused the summit to swell

The Independent UK

Is Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, at risk of erupting?

Mauna Loa’s current seismic activity is above normal levels and has prompted an advisory level of yellow on the four-tier system, officials say

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