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  • Predicting earthquakes from space

    Scientists of the Department of Physics, Moscow State University, have proposed to predict earthquakes by measuring polarization of the solar light that is reflected from the surface of the Earth.

  • Worse to come?

    Tens of thousands are feared dead after the Bhuj earthquake in the Indian state of Gujarat. Horrifyingly, seismologists think that for India the worst in probably yet to come. Roger Bilham, a

  • Scientists find seismic 'hot spots' in California

    Future earthquakes could inflict the severest shaking and greatest damage on a densely populated area of Southern California that stretches from the skyscrapers of downtown Los Angeles to the wealthy

  • Wave of disaster warning

    An eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano in the Canary islands could trigger one of the worst disasters ever recorded, British and US scientists warn today. A lump of rock twice the volume of the Isle

  • Giant wave after-shock 'would hit British coast'

    Britain may be threatened by a monster wave that is predicted to devastate the coasts of Florida and Brazil. The mega-tsunami generated by part of a mountain twice the size of the Isle of Man falling

  • Study predicts worse quakes in Himalayas

    Five strong earthquakes have shaken India in the last decade, and new evidence has convinced scientists that much worse appears not only inevitable, but overdue. An analysis of the shifting

  • Deadly giant waves may endanger Atlantic coasts

    Giant ocean waves could slam into the East Coast if a volcano across the Atlantic in the Canary Islands splits open, two scientists warn. The Cumbre Vieja volcano last erupted in 1949. It has not

  • Major earthquake alert

    A study of the seismic stresses building up in the Himalayan region as a result of two shifting tectonic plates has reportedly led researchers at the University of Colorado to arrive at the

  • Study says major quake 'overdue' in the Himalayas

    Nations in the Himalayan region are at risk of a massive earthquake that could devastate large urban areas in Nepal, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Bhutan, a study published in the renowned American

  • Massive quakes 'overdue' in India, Pak

    India, Pakistan and other nations in the Himachal region are overdue for one or more massive earthquakes that could imperil 50 million people and cause an unprecedented loss of life, scientists said.

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