An earthquake is what happens when the seismic energy from plates slipping past each other rattles the planet's surface. Those seismic waves are like ripples on a pond, the USGS said. The earthquake will be strongest at its epicenter, the point on the surface directly above where the quake ...
Usually, an earthquake is strong enough to cause damage only near its epicenter. However, epicenters at the bottom of the ocean create huge sea waves as tall as 15 meters. These waves cross the ocean in several hours. Rushing toward land, they destroy small islands and ships in their path...
Continental drift, a forerunner of plate tectonics, explained how the current continents once likely fit together. The whole idea of plate tectonics is a more advanced version of an idea developed in the early 1900s called continental drift. During that time, ascientistnamed Alfred Wegener decided...
the clean-up is already under way in Islamabad .But this is what actually happened at the same spot,a hundred kilometers away from the epicenter of the 7.6 earthquake,seconds after the earth shook,a massive cloud of dust is all that can be seen of a multi-s 超过24个小时,在悲剧被触击...
In 1935, an earthquake on the northern Chaman Fault killed more than 30,000 people and destroyed the town of Quetta. It was one of the deadliest quakes ever in Southeast Asia. Shaking from yesterday's earthquake in Pakistan demolished homes in the Awaran district near the epicenter, according...
amore than 24 hours after tragedy struck South and Central Asia,the clean-up is already under way in Islamabad.but this is what actually happened at the same spot,a hundred kilometers away from the epicenter of the 7.6earthquake,seconds after the earth shook,a massive cloud of dust is all...