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Trio of coastal Washington schools secure money to move out of tsunami zone
Teachers and staff in low-lying schools along the Pacific Northwest coast face an unusual extra responsibility alongside ...
An earthquake off Peru's coast shakes capital, leaving 1 person dead and 5 injured
A 5.6 magnitude earthquake that struck off Peru’s central coast, rattling Lima and the port city of Callao, has left one person dead and five injured ...
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Tectonic plates can spread subduction like a contagion — jumping from one oceanic plate to another
Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives underneath another, drive the world's most devastating earthquakes and tsunamis. How do these danger zones come to be? A study in Geology presents ...
2.7 magnitude earthquake strikes near Morton, WA
MORTON, Wash. - A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck near Morton, Washington, early Thursday morning. According to the United ...
Coastal WA schools secure money to move out of tsunami zone
It’s a daunting challenge with the highest possible stakes should an offshore earthquake unleash a wall of incoming seawater.
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Taiwan earthquake: Tsunami fears as 5.9 quake rocks homes and leaves locals on edge
Taiwan faced a tremor 71 kilometers south of Hualien City, as indicated by monitoring agencies. Cell phone alarms had just ...
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Taiwan struck by 5.9 magnitude earthquake Tuesday evening, USGS says
Taiwan was struck by a 5.9 magnitude earthquake Tuesday evening, the United States Geological Survey reported.. The ...
3.4-magnitude quake hits off coast of Southern California, geologists say
A 3.4-magnitude earthquake hit off the Southern California coast Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The 7-mile deep quake hit about 9 miles southwest from Manhattan Beach at 12:15 p.m.