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A magnitude 6.0 earthquake just struck the Caribbean — the strongest jolt to hit Antigua and Barbuda in decades

At 10:50 a.m. local time on Saturday, May 16, 2026, the ground beneath the eastern Caribbean lurched. A magnitude 6.0 ...

Dense soils may spread earthquake surface ruptures into wider damage zones, particle models suggest

Earthquakes can visibly and permanently crack the ground apart in dramatic and unpredictable surface fault rupture, but new research led by University of Michigan Engineering revealed that soil ...

Earthquake in outback SA has 'permanently changed landscape'

Cracks in the ground in outback Australia caused by a magnitude-5.5 earthquake could help researchers predict future seismic ...
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'Ground would sink': New research on big earthquake shows how bad it would be at the coast

"What we looked at was kind of lesser though and lesser-known consequences of the next earthquake, which is the land subsidence, or the way the land is going to drop down," said Dr. Tina Dura, the ...