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Scientists warn if a 1,000-ft ‘mega-tsunami’ spurs from an active fault line it could wipe part of America off the map
Scientists warn if a 1,000-ft ‘mega-tsunami’ spurs from an active fault line it could wipe part of America off the map - ...
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Scientists warn earthquake could put parts of US at risk from mega-wave
Scientists are warning that a 300-metre-tall “mega tsunami” could potentially wipe a large chunk of America off the map – if ...
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The Earth rocks, and cuts in federal spending could create fault lines
"They occur when there are stresses that build up in the Earth's crust, and the rocks essentially break along a fault," said ... more people than any earthquake in North America’s history." ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer9d
East Tennessee earthquake shows our fault lines. Experts say a far bigger one is possible
The numbers shift over time. There were 301 Tennessee earthquakes in 2018 but just 11 in 1994. The ground shakes when there is a sudden slip on a fault. The sudden slip releases energy in waves ...
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More than 23m Americans brace for 'violent' earthquake as scientists warn little-known fault poised to blow
In 2017, USGS ran a simulation of a 7.8 magnitude earthquake along the Elsinore fault, running northwest into the connecting Whittier fault line - which ... also spread north, reaching cities ...
The New York Times26d
Map: 6.3-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Near Ecuador
A strong, 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck in the North Pacific Ocean near Ecuador ... U.S.G.S. scientists to update the shake-severity map. Source: United States Geological Survey | Notes: Shaking ...