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Does Viral Video Show Aftermath Of Tibet Quake In Nepal? A Fact Check
Following a powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake that struck Tibet near the Nepal border, a video has gone viral on social media showing a road with large cracks running through it.
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Scientists Unveil Doughnut-Shaped Structure Hidden In Earth's Outer Core
By analyzing seismic waves generated by large earthquakes, geophysicists identified a region where these waves slow down as they pass through the outer core.
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France Votes In Large Numbers In High-Stakes Poll As Far Right Eyes Power
The mood in the country is tense, with 30,000 police deployed to head off trouble and voters anxious about a potential electoral earthquake shifting the French political landscape.
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Life On The Ring Of Fire: How Taiwan Prepares For Earthquakes
The strongest earthquake to hit Taiwan in 25 years killed nine people and damaged dozens of buildings, but the destruction was largely contained thanks to decades of preparedness work.
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Tsunami Threat After Powerful Japan Quake "Has Largely Passed": US Agency
The tsunami threat from a powerful earthquake that struck central Japan on Monday has "largely passed", a US agency said, after waves over a metre high had earlier hit some areas.
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Video Shows Large Crack In Centre Of Iceland Town As Volcanic Eruption Looms
In the past few days, Iceland has been shaken by more than 2,000 small quakes and people have been told to evacuate Grindavik, home to around 4,000 people.
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5.5 Magnitude Quake Strikes South Taiwan
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck a largely rural part of southern Taiwan on Tuesday, the island's weather bureau said, with no immediate reports of damage.
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Magnitude 5.8 Earthquake Strikes France
A rare 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit large parts of western France on Friday evening, with the seismology bureau BCSF calling it "very strong" amid reports of damage to buildings.
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Insulated From War, Quake Brings "First Catastrophe" To This Syrian City
Syria's coastal city of Jableh, a regime heartland, was largely spared the worst of war but a massive quake has now joined it in misery with the rest of the battle-scarred country.
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The Man Who Survived Turkey Earthquake, And His Family Who Didn't
Peering out from under a large slab of concrete and brick, Abdulalim Muaini gestures weakly at his rescuers. It has been over two days since a massive earthquake brought his
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4 Dead, More Than 100 Injured After Japan Hit By Powerful Earthquake
Four people were reported dead and more than 100 injured in Japan on Thursday after a powerful overnight earthquake rattled large parts of the east coast and prompted a tsunami warning, authorities said.
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New Zealand Issues Tsunami Evacuation Order After 7.8 Pacific Quake
New Zealand emergency services ordered coastal communities across large swathes of the North Island to evacuate Friday amid fears a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake in the Pacific would generate a tsunami.
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On "Boom" Heard In Bengaluru, Which Puzzled Twitter, IAF Offers Explanation
A mysterious "boom" heard in large parts of Bengaluru this afternoon that left residents of the city and social media users puzzled later turned out to be the sonic boom of a test aircraft.
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Thousands Of Earthquakes Recorded In Antarctic As Ice Cracks
Scientists have recorded thousands of 'ice quakes' in Antarctica at night, a phenomenon that may help track glacier melting and explain the breaking of large ice shelves.
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Residents In Pak's Balakot Thought Indian Air Strikes Were "Earthquake"
Residents in the earthquake-prone Balakot town in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province said on Thursday that they were woken by "loud explosions" and thought a fresh earthquake must have hit the region when Indian Air Force jets destroyed a large terror training camp.
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Does Viral Video Show Aftermath Of Tibet Quake In Nepal? A Fact Check
Following a powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake that struck Tibet near the Nepal border, a video has gone viral on social media showing a road with large cracks running through it.
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Scientists Unveil Doughnut-Shaped Structure Hidden In Earth's Outer Core
By analyzing seismic waves generated by large earthquakes, geophysicists identified a region where these waves slow down as they pass through the outer core.
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France Votes In Large Numbers In High-Stakes Poll As Far Right Eyes Power
The mood in the country is tense, with 30,000 police deployed to head off trouble and voters anxious about a potential electoral earthquake shifting the French political landscape.
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Life On The Ring Of Fire: How Taiwan Prepares For Earthquakes
The strongest earthquake to hit Taiwan in 25 years killed nine people and damaged dozens of buildings, but the destruction was largely contained thanks to decades of preparedness work.
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Tsunami Threat After Powerful Japan Quake "Has Largely Passed": US Agency
The tsunami threat from a powerful earthquake that struck central Japan on Monday has "largely passed", a US agency said, after waves over a metre high had earlier hit some areas.
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Video Shows Large Crack In Centre Of Iceland Town As Volcanic Eruption Looms
In the past few days, Iceland has been shaken by more than 2,000 small quakes and people have been told to evacuate Grindavik, home to around 4,000 people.
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5.5 Magnitude Quake Strikes South Taiwan
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck a largely rural part of southern Taiwan on Tuesday, the island's weather bureau said, with no immediate reports of damage.
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Magnitude 5.8 Earthquake Strikes France
A rare 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit large parts of western France on Friday evening, with the seismology bureau BCSF calling it "very strong" amid reports of damage to buildings.
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Insulated From War, Quake Brings "First Catastrophe" To This Syrian City
Syria's coastal city of Jableh, a regime heartland, was largely spared the worst of war but a massive quake has now joined it in misery with the rest of the battle-scarred country.
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The Man Who Survived Turkey Earthquake, And His Family Who Didn't
Peering out from under a large slab of concrete and brick, Abdulalim Muaini gestures weakly at his rescuers. It has been over two days since a massive earthquake brought his
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4 Dead, More Than 100 Injured After Japan Hit By Powerful Earthquake
Four people were reported dead and more than 100 injured in Japan on Thursday after a powerful overnight earthquake rattled large parts of the east coast and prompted a tsunami warning, authorities said.
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New Zealand Issues Tsunami Evacuation Order After 7.8 Pacific Quake
New Zealand emergency services ordered coastal communities across large swathes of the North Island to evacuate Friday amid fears a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake in the Pacific would generate a tsunami.
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On "Boom" Heard In Bengaluru, Which Puzzled Twitter, IAF Offers Explanation
A mysterious "boom" heard in large parts of Bengaluru this afternoon that left residents of the city and social media users puzzled later turned out to be the sonic boom of a test aircraft.
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Thousands Of Earthquakes Recorded In Antarctic As Ice Cracks
Scientists have recorded thousands of 'ice quakes' in Antarctica at night, a phenomenon that may help track glacier melting and explain the breaking of large ice shelves.
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Residents In Pak's Balakot Thought Indian Air Strikes Were "Earthquake"
Residents in the earthquake-prone Balakot town in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province said on Thursday that they were woken by "loud explosions" and thought a fresh earthquake must have hit the region when Indian Air Force jets destroyed a large terror training camp.
