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Earthquake Along Iran-Iraq Border Kills More Than 400

Molly Olmstead

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Southern Mexico Is Still Reeling From September’s Earthquake

Michael Snyder

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Mexico Earthquake Deaths Top 200 as Hurricane Maria Hits Puerto Rico

Molly Olmstead

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There Was Another Earthquake in Mexico. Is the World Ending?

Eleanor Cummins

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Why the Los Angeles Times Accidentally Tweeted About an Earthquake That Happened 90 Years Ago

Angelica Cabral

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No, It’s Not Actually That Weird for Two Big Earthquakes to Happen in One Week

John R. Platt

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Native Americans’ Terrifying Tsunami Stories Show What the Pacific Northwest Has to Fear

Ann Finkbeiner

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How Accurate Is That Terrifying Story About an Earthquake in Seattle?

Eric Holthaus

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No, Out-of-Control Groundwater Pumping in California Won’t Cause the “Big One”

Eric Holthaus

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The Parkfield Experiment Was the Closest We’ve Ever Come to Predicting an Earthquake. We Were Still Dead Wrong.

John Dvorak

April 21, 2014 2:07 PM

Sorry, Animals Aren’t Pre-emptively Fleeing the Yellowstone Supervolcano

Lily Hay Newman

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A Mind-Bending Simulation of the Tsunami Triggered by the Chile Earthquake

Eric Holthaus

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Do Smaller Earthquakes Presage the “Big One”?

Phil Plait

April 01, 2014 7:30 AM

Another Dead Oarfish in California: Are They Predicting an Earthquake?

Dallas Jensen

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The World’s Newest Island

Phil Plait

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Six-Point Inspection: Awesome New Books on Netflix, Noise, and Earthquakes

Sarah Rothbard

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The L’Aquila Earthquake and the Importance of Scientists Saying “I Don’t Know”

Daniel Sarewitz

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