Scientist claim that true polar wander is happening now. True polar wander is a solid-body rotation of a planet with respect to its spin axis, causing the geographic locations of the North and South Poles to change, or
The article titled “Open-source archive of active faults for northwest South America,” by Gabriel Veloza and colleagues introduces the “Active Tectonics of the Andes Database”. It should provide more data to more geoscientists. Their work includes the locations and
Strong and shallow earthquake M6.2 occurred on October 1 at 22:21:45 UTC off the east coast of Honshu, Japan. The epicenter was located 97 km (60 miles) ENE of Miyako (39.853°N, 143.047°E) at depth of 9.7 km (6.0 miles). JMA Japan reports a M6.3 at a depth of 10
Powerful earthquake M7.2 hit Colombia at 16:31 UTC on September 30, 2012. The epicenter was located 9 km (5 miles) WNW of Isnos, Colombia (1.969°N, 76.315°W) at depth of 150.4 km (93.5 miles). USGS initially measured magnitude 7.4 but was later revisited at 7.1
Large earthquakes can alter seismicity patterns across the globe in very different ways, according to two new studies by seismologists from the University of California, Berkeley, and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Two new analysis shed light on more than a
Shallow earthquake measuring M 6.0 struck off Solomon Islands on September 27, 2012 at 23:53:49 UTC. Epicenter was located 111 km (68 miles) SE of Gizo, Solomon Islands (8.825°S, 157.557°E) at depth of 10 km (6.2 miles) according to USGS and 33 km (20.5 miles)
Strong and shallow earthquake meassuring M6.9 struck near Andreanoff Islands at Aleutian archipelago on September 26 at 23:39:54 UTC. Epicenter was located only 34 km (21 miles) S of Tanaga Volcano (51.634°N, 178.293°W) at depth of 9.9 km (6.2 miles) in the
Strong M6.2 earthquake struck in Gulf of California on September 25, 2012 at 23:45:26 UTC. The epicenter was located 75 km (47 miles) N (11°) from La Paz, Baja California Sur and 154 km (96 miles) E (98°) from Constitución, Baja California Sur, Mexico
6.2 magnitude earthquake hit Kepulauan Mentawai Region, Indonesia on September 14, 2012 at 04:41 UTC according to USGS. Epicenter was located 163 km (101 miles) SSW of Sungaipenuh, Indonesia at coordinates 3.363°S, 100.588°E; 760 km (470 miles) west-northwest
Strong eathquake measuring M5.6 hit island of Crete, Greece at at 03:27:45 UTC on September 12. Location of epicenter was near island of Gavdos, 79 km (49 miles) S (177°) from Chania, Crete and 119 km (74 miles) WSW (241°) from Iraklion, Crete, Greece
