News tagged 'Earth'

Earthquake of magnitude 6.3 strikes near coast of Northern Chile: GFZ

Sep 1, 2020

An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck near the coast of Northern Chile on Tuesday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences said. It earlier showed the magnitude as 7 and 6.7, with the quake at a depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles). There was no tsunami threat from the earthquake, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said. ...

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More than 90 per cent victims rebuild houses

Aug 25, 2020

KATHMANDU, AUGUST 24 More than 90 per cent of the victims of the 2015 earthquake have already rebuilt their houses while a few are still reconstructing their houses. Speaking during the opening session of the National Symposium on Nepal’s Reconstruction (NSNR) organised by Nepal Reconstruction Authority (NRA), the authority’s CEO, Sus...

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Mystery of the dimming of massive star Betelgeuse explained

Aug 16, 2020

WASHINGTON: Astronomers have determined the cause of the dramatic dimming observed last year and earlier this year of one of the brightest stars in the night sky, a colossus called Betelgeuse that appears to be on its way toward a violent death. Based on Hubble Space Telescope observations, scientists said they believe Betelgeuse ejected a huge ho...

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Google turns Android phones into earthquake sensors; California to get alerts

Aug 12, 2020

OAKLAND: Alphabet Inc’s Google’s Android phones on Tuesday started detecting earthquakes around the world to provide data that could eventually give billions of users precious seconds of warning of a tremor nearby, with an alerting feature first rolling out in California. Japan, Mexico and California already use land-based sensors to ...

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South Pole warmed three times the global rate in last 30 years: study

Jul 1, 2020

BUENOS AIRES: At the South Pole, considered the coldest point on Earth, temperatures are rising fast. So fast, in fact, that Kyle Clem and other climate researchers began to worry and wonder whether human-driven climate change was playing a bigger role than expected in Antarctica. Temperature data shows that the desolate region has warmed at three ...

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Planets around nearby star are intriguing candidates for extraterrestrial life

Jun 27, 2020

WASHINGTON: Up to three planets – potentially rocky like Earth – have been spotted around a star located relatively near our solar system – a planetary system offering astronomers intriguing possibilities in the search for signs of extraterrestrial life. The planets orbit Gliese 887, a so-called red dwarf star half the sun’...

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Powerful earthquake shakes southern Mexico, at least 5 dead

Jun 24, 2020

MEXICO CITY: A powerful earthquake centered near the southern Mexico resort of Huatulco on Tuesday killed at least five people, swayed buildings in Mexico City and sent thousands fleeing into the streets. Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said one person was killed in a building collapse in Huatulco, Oaxaca. Otherwise he said repor...

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5.8 magnitude earthquake hits northern India late night

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Feb 7, 2017

५ दशमलव ८ म्याग्निच्युड मापन गरिएको भूकम्पको केन्द्रबिन्दु भारत �...

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भूकम्प जानुअघि थाहा पाउन सकिने ! चीन ऐतिहासिक उपलब्धितर्फ, नेपाललाई पनि फाइदा