Category Archives: seismic activities

Fracking can cause Earthquakes!!!

Given that the geological structures found beneath the ground are the result of dynamic processes and not of intentional design, they are not always as stable as they could possibly be. In some cases, the disturbance caused by the injection … Continue reading

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Earthquakes Generate Big Heat in Super-Small Areas

In experiments mimicking the speed of earthquakes, geophysicists at Brown University detail a phenomenon known as flash heating. They report in a paper published in Science that because fault surfaces touch only at microscopic, scattered spots, these contacts are subject … Continue reading

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Residents of UP,India shaken up by mild quake tremor

Panic gripped people in Uttar Pradesh when an earthquake said to be measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale with epicentre in Sikkim jolted north India at 6.17 pm on Sunday. The state Meteorological department described the quake as of “moderate … Continue reading

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Quake of Magnitude 6.6 quake hits Japan

An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 hit Japan on Saturday 126 km (80 miles) east-southeast of Hachinohe, off the east coast of Honshu island, the USGS reported.Japan’s NHK state broadcaster said there were no immediate reports of damage and no tsunami … Continue reading

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