Earthquakes
Patralekha Chatterjee | Turkish lesson: Ignoring building codes perilous
If buildings in an earthquake-prone area are constructed to withstand the shaking, then the people inside are much safer
AA Edit | Quake adds to Afghan woes
Afghan continues to be disfigured by natural calamities as it sits in tectonically active terrain over a vast number of fault lines
Traumatized residents spend nights in tents following earthquakes in Mizoram
So far, at least 22 earthquakes have rocked four districts - Champhai, Saitual, Siaha and Serchhip since June 18
Quakes manmade too: Sustainable development flogged to death
Seismological Research Letters published some time ago said 728 earthquakes over the past 150 years were induced by human activities.
Quakes manmade too: Faultlines begin after stress builds up over time
Studies have been carried out to correlate flooded river water entering faults and fractures of the riverside, triggering earthquakes.
The Moon is shrinking
The Moon doesn't have tectonic plates; its tectonic activity occurs as it slowly loses heat from when it was formed 4.5 billion years ago.
Nine earthquakes hit Andaman-Nicobar Islands in span of two hours
The first jolt with a magnitude of 4.9 occurred at 5.14 am, followed by another jolt with a magnitude of 5 a couple of minutes later.
Amid earthquake panic in Maharashtra town 2-year-old girl dies
Tremors ranging from 3 to 4.1 on the Richter scale were experienced Friday at least six times, an official said.
Forecasting earthquake aftershock areas with AI-assisted science
A neural net was applied to analyse the relationships between static stress changes caused by the mainshocks and aftershock locations.
Trail blazer: Chasing quakes to dissect their phenomena
After completing her Master’s, she joined the Centre for Earth Science Studies (CESS) in Trivandrum as a junior scientist.