Seismology

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An Alternative Explanation of Palghar’s Mystery Earthquakes, From the Skies

Suvrat Kher 13/03/2020

A simulated view of Palghar district, Maharashtra, as seen...

Mount Everest. Credit: WIkimedia Commons

Forecasting Quakes in the Himalaya With a Peek Into Its Past

Vasudevan Mukunth 20/02/2019

Why there is a mega-quake building under the Himalaya,...

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14 Years After a Monster Tsunami, What Do We Know of the Quake That Caused It?

C.P. Rajendran 20/02/2019

Efforts to fully characterise the sequence of events on...

FILE PHOTO: NASA's InSight spacecraft, destined for the Elysium Planitia region located in Mars' northern hemisphere, undergoes final preparations at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, U.S., April 6, 2018. Credit: REUTERS/Gene Blevins/File Photo

NASA’s InSight Lands on Mars to Peer Into Planet’s Deep Interior

Steve Gorman 27/11/2018

InSight's descent and landing, consisting of about 1,000 individual...

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Finding “Faults” With Kusala Rajendran

Nandita Jayaraj 08/10/2016

Earth scientist Kusala Rajendran talks about chasing and predicting...

A damaged and clamped pillar at Lakshi Narayan temple, Chamba, India. Damage likely to have occurred during the 1555 Kashmir earthquake. Credit: Mayank Joshi

How Two Temples Hold Clues About the Next Big Quake in Himachal

Nandita Jayaraj 03/08/2016

A new finding detailing the effects of earthquakes in...

The region under threat is built on the world’s largest river delta, and water is everywhere. Widespread poverty, soft sediments and rapidly multiplying infrastructure including bridges like this one near the southern city of Khulna make the region exquisitely vulnerable to earthquakes. Credit: Kevin Krajick/Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

A Giant Quake May Be Lurking Under Bangladesh and Beyond

Kevin Krajick 13/07/2016

Bangladesh and parts of North-Eastern India and Myanmar sit...