A “VERY strong” magnitude 6.2 earthquake has hit the region south of the Indonesian resort of Bali, with witnesses saying the “walls of their house were shaking” and reports of strong tremors….Read More
The devastating impact of a huge tsunami in the Indonesian city of Palu has been revealed in chilling aerial photographs – in a natural disaster estimated to have killed at least 384 people. The tsunami, which was triggered after a magnitude-7.5 earthquake, ripped through the Pacific Ring of Fire […]
As the above map indicates, seismic stress factors appear to be building along the Alpide Belt and across the ever-volatile Pacific Ring of Fire. 97% of the earthquakes on the planet occur in these two densely-populous regions. The occurrence of large earthquake events could continue, as tectonic plates […]
