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The terrifying sounds that hinted Iceland's volcano was ready to blow: Audio clip reveals the ...

The Daily Mail 02 Apr 2025
Iceland is a particular hotspot for seismic activity because it sits on a tectonic plate boundary called the Mid-Atlantic Ridge which is gradually pushing North America and Eurasia away from each other.
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Specific research needed to mitigate impacts of earthquakes in Việt Nam

Vietnam News 02 Apr 2025
Normally, earthquakes are located in areas at the boundary of large continental plates. When the plates collide with each other, it will cause terrible earthquakes.
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Myanmar quake signals looming Himalayan threat: Experts

The Times of India 01 Apr 2025
He added that the Myanmar quake's reach extended up to 1,000 km, rattling buildings up to Bangkok.'The Indian Plate is common to both regions, and the Myanmar event was a classic plate boundary quake, ...
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Myanmar quake that killed over 2k signals looming Himalayan threat, warn experts

The Times of India 01 Apr 2025
He added that the Myanmar quake's reach extended up to 1,000 km, rattling buildings up to Bangkok.'The Indian Plate is common to both regions, and the Myanmar event was a classic plate boundary quake, ...
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Why the surge in earthquakes lately? Could a bigger one be next? | Explainer

Hindustan Times 01 Apr 2025
This earthquake occurred due to strike-slip faulting along the India-Eurasia plate boundary ... This event was triggered by strike-slip faulting near the North AmericaCaribbean plate boundary.
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Balochistan's Barkhan shaken by earthquake after Karachi

The News International 01 Apr 2025
Earthquakes are not uncommon in Pakistan, as the country is situated on the boundary of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates ... known as the Indian plate is pushing north into the Eurasian plate.
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Isro satellite images show damages caused by earthquake in Myanmar, see before and after pics

The Times of India 01 Apr 2025
... Isro said, 'Myanmar is located near the convergent boundary of the Indian and Eurasian plates, where the Indian Plate is moving northward toward the Eurasian Plate at a rate of about 5 cm per year.
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ISRO's satellite images show Myanmar earthquake catastrophe | See pics

Hindustan Times 01 Apr 2025
The ISRO’s assessment also revealed that the convergent boundary of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates makes it highly susceptible to earthquakes ... The Indian Plate is constantly moving northward ...
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Magnitude 5 earthquake hits Batangas town

The Philadelphia Inquirer 01 Apr 2025
READ. Magnitude 4.6 earthquake hits Batangas A tectonic earthquake is produced by sudden movement along faults and plate boundaries ... .
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JoJo Siwa is set to join the Celebrity Big Brother line-up as ITV bosses hope ...

The Daily Mail 01 Apr 2025
... chest plate shaped like a toned male torso. Pushing boundaries further, in a second shot she paired a gold chest plate with matching rhinestone-studded thong underwear which featured phallic detailing.
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Three large quakes across Indo-Pacific in a week ‘purely coincidental’

Stuff 31 Mar 2025
While they are connected by a large system of tectonic plate boundaries, experts say the earthquakes in NZ, Tonga and Myanmar were too far apart for one to trigger another ....
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Could convection in the crust explain Venus's many volcanoes?

Phys Dot Org 31 Mar 2025
On Earth, convection deep in the mantle provides the energy that drives plate tectonics ... Images from the New Horizons mission revealed remarkable polygonal patterns on Pluto's Sputnik Planitia region that resemble plate boundaries on Earth ... DOI ... Louis.
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Why was Myanmar earthquake so deadly? Scientists explain

Hindustan Times 30 Mar 2025
According to the US Geological Service (USGS), the 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck near Mandalay on March 28, 2025, was caused by “strike-slip faulting” along the boundary of the India and Eurasia plates.
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Magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes southeast of Pacific nation of Tonga

Anadolu Agency 30 Mar 2025
The disaster took place at 3.18 a.m ... The region lies along the seismically active Pacific Ring of Fire, where tectonic plate boundaries frequently generate powerful earthquakes and volcanic activity ... .
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Myanmar earthquake aftermath: Satellite images show collapsed infrastructure and huge-scale destruction

The Times of India 30 Mar 2025
The country lies along the boundary between the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates and experiences frequent seismic tremors due to the persistent collision and movement of these plates ... .
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