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Scientists have been testing the technology since 2016 in an optical fibre cable network laid beneath Stanfords campus in a 3-mile figure-8 loop. (Photo: Stanford News)

New technology to detect earthquakes using fibre optics

Researchers have discovered that seismic activity can cause jiggles in fiber optics cables, which can help in detecting...

24 Oct 2017 9:00 AM GMT

Although fluctuations in rotation are small and may only change the length of a day by one millisecond. (Photo: Pixabay)

Number of big earthquakes may increase in 2018: study

Researchers found that there had been periods of around five years when Earths rotation slowed/

20 Nov 2017 9:51 AM GMT

Rescue personnel conduct search and rescue work following a 7.3-magnitude earthquake at Sarpol-e Zahab in Irans Kermanshah province on November 13, 2017. (Photo: AFP)

Over 450 killed as Iran ends rescue operations, battles to shelter...

Iran said on Tuesday that rescue operations have ended in areas hit by a powerful weekend earthquake that killed at...

14 Nov 2017 4:30 AM GMT

The Chenab Railway bridge will stand 35 metres taller than the iconic Eiffel Tower in Paris. (Photo: RailMinIndia | Twitter)

Chenab railway bridge can withstand earthquakes, blasts: railway...

The Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) Project will be completed by March 2021.

13 Nov 2017 3:30 AM GMT

Taking smaller earthquakes also into account, the repeat interval becomes increasingly irregular to a level where they happen randomly. (Photo: Pixabay)

Giant earthquakes not as random as thought: study

In 1960, South-Central Chile was hit by the largest known quake on Earth with a magnitude of 9.5.

31 Jan 2018 2:55 PM GMT

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

Oklahoma quakes tied to how deep wastewater is injected

Scientists analyzed more than 10,000 wastewater injection wells where 96 billion gallons of fluid are pumped yearly.

2 Feb 2018 7:40 AM GMT

As he memorably puts it, I dont think the swine had really gotten over the War, because he kept kicking at the Union Jack on my ambulance. (Representional Image)

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.

2 Feb 2019 8:56 AM GMT

The Andaman and the Nicobar archipelago is prone to earthquakes. (Photo: AFP)

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...

1 April 2019 4:23 AM GMT

Since the moons crust is brittle, these forces cause its surface to break as the interior shrinks, resulting in so-called thrust faults, where one section of crust is pushed up over an adjacent section. (Photo: AFP)

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...

14 May 2019 8:15 AM GMT

Koyna dam reservoir in Koyna city of Maharashtra from where leakages have resulted in earthquakes getting repeated again and recorded several times since 1967.

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...

17 Aug 2019 9:42 PM GMT

Koyna dam reservoir in Koyna city of Maharashtra from where leakages have resulted in earthquakes getting repeated again and recorded several times since 1967.

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,...

17 Aug 2019 9:38 PM GMT

Many people in Mizorams Champhai district bordering Myanmar are spending nights outside their homes in makeshift tents after a series of earthquakes. (PTI Photo)

Traumatized residents spend nights in tents following earthquakes in...

So far, at least 22 earthquakes have rocked four districts - Champhai, Saitual, Siaha and Serchhip since June 18

23 July 2020 5:11 AM GMT