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No damage – within 64 minutes the earth shook three times
Monday evening there was unrest in Upper Austria. The culprit was a light earthquake that was felt in the Kirchdorf district. So far, however,...
“Clearly noticeable” – magnitude 3.0: earthquake in northern Styria
Who felt it? An earthquake shook northern Styria on Tuesday afternoon. Although the quake only had a magnitude of 3.0, it was clearly felt...
A mega tsunami caused the Earth’s crust to shake for days in 2023
A year ago, in September, earthquake monitoring equipment around the world picked up a seismic signal for nine days that puzzled science. Now, an...
Swiss researchers throw chunks of concrete from mountain
To simulate rockfall for a computer model, Swiss researchers roll huge chunks of concrete down the slope at the Weissfluhjoch near Davos.Such computer models...
The Dead Sea and Vesuvius are now geological heritage
The International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) has recognized 100 new "geological heritage sites" at a conference in South Korea. These include the Vesuvius...
