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NASA, USGS create a 'blueprint' of the moon that will help in future human space missions
Trendingdesk • 5 years agoInformation from six Apollo-era regional maps along with data from recent satellite missions to the moon was used to create the map.
Russia earthquake: USGS issues tsunami warnings after 7.8 magnitude quake off Kuril islands
• 5 years agoUS authorities put out tsunami warnings on Wednesday after an earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck off Russia’s Kuril Islands, but meteorological officials in Japan issued no alerts
Day after 6.4 magnitude 'foreshock', Southern California hit by quake measuring 7.1 on Richter scale; no casualties reported
• 6 years agoThe USGS said the previous day's tremor was a "foreshock" to Friday's quake, with CNN reporting that the latest tremor in southern California was 11 times stronger.
7.2 earthquake jolts Papua New Guinea, but officials rule out tsunami threat; no immediate reports of serious damage
• 6 years agoA powerful but deep 7.2-magnitude earthquake rocked Papua New Guinea on Tuesday, officials said, cutting power and knocking items off shelves, though there were no immediate reports of serious damage.
Magnitude 6.1 earthquake hits Assam; USGS says tremors were also felt in Tibet
• 6 years agoA strong earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck northeast India's Assam region on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said.
Earthquake of magnitude 6.8 hits eastern Indonesia, tsunami warning for coastal communities lifted
• 6 years agoA strong 6.8 magnitude earthquake rocked eastern Indonesia on Friday, the United States Geological Survey said.
Earthquake of magnitude 7.0 strikes southeastern Peru, says US Geological Survey
• 6 years agoAn earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 struck southeastern Peru on Friday, the US Geological Survey said.
7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes hit Peru-Ecuador border region, says US Geological Survey
• 6 years agoThe quake’s epicentre was in a sparsely populated area 224 kilometres (140 miles) east-southeast of Ambato, Ecuador, at a depth of 132 kilometres. The USGS’s initial reading assessed the quake, which occurred at 5:17 am local time (1017 GMT), at magnitude 7.7.
Earthquake of magnitude 6.6 strikes Indonesia; no tsunami warning issued despite series of aftershocks
• 6 years agoAn earthquake with a revised magnitude of 6.6 struck 174 kilometres north-northwest of the city of Ternate in Indonesia's Molucca islands on Sunday, followed by a series of aftershocks, but with no tsunami risk, the US Geological Survey said.
Tsunami hits Sulawesi island, mows down buildings in Palu after 7.5-magnitude earthquake strikes Indonesia
• 6 years agoA video footage filmed from the top floor of a parking ramp spiral in Palu in Indonesia's Sulawesi island, showed a churning wall of whitewater mow down several buildings and inundate a large mosque.