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Earthquakes

How climate change might trigger more earthquakes and volcanic eruptions

Aug 10, 2023

Earth’s climate is changing rapidly. In some areas, escalating temperatures are increasing the frequency and likelihood of wildfires and drought. In others, they are making downpours and storms more intense or accelerating the pace of…
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Climate change may have increased frequency of earthquakes in Himalayas, says Minister of Earth…

Apr 7, 2023

Climate change may have marginally increased the frequency of earthquakes in the Himalayas though there is no reliable system of forecasting them, Jitendra Singh, Minister of Earth Sciences (MoES) said in response to multiple queries in the…
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6.0 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Nepal

Jul 31, 2022

An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 shook Nepal on Sunday morning. The quake took place 147 km ESE of Kathmandu, Nepal at 8.13 a.m IST around Martim Birta of Khotang district, according to the National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre…
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Underwater volcano set off 85,000 earthquakes in just 4 months near Antarctica

Apr 28, 2022

The strongest ever seismic activity recorded in Antarctica saw a swarm of 85,000 earthquakes triggered in a span of just four months back in 2020. It was caused by a volcano, that had long been dormant, finally waking up. The swarm of…
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