Cutaway illustration of Hainan showing a mantle plume, magmatic fluids and the fault linked to the 1605 M7.5 Qiongbei earthquake
Earthquake, Tremor

A Huge M7.5 Earthquake Struck Far From a Plate Boundary — Scientists May Have Found What Helped Trigger It

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Magnetic drone survey over Grindavík, Iceland illustrating hidden fractures and underground cavities beneath the town
Earth Crack, Fissure

Drones Found Giant Cracks Hidden Beneath an Icelandic Town — With Almost No Sign at the Surface

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Iceland volcanic fissure eruption showing how mountains and topography may influence where magma reaches the surface
Volcanic Eruption

Mountains Can Influence Where Magma Breaks Through the Ground, Iceland Study Finds

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Illustration of methane hydrate stability beneath the Gulf of Mexico showing an expected hydrate boundary, an irregular seismic BSR and subsurface salt structures
Geology

Methane Hydrates Beneath the Gulf of Mexico Aren’t Following the Textbook

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Illustration of repeated Thursday storms showing how clustering, recency bias, confirmation bias and narrative fallacy can make random natural events look like a pattern
Digital Culture

Why Random Natural Events Can Look Like They’re Following a Pattern

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3D illustration of the Hikurangi megathrust beneath New Zealand showing the locked southern section, slow-slip northern section and subducted seamounts
Earthquake, Tremor

New Zealand’s Megathrust Is Hiding a Strange Split — One Side Slips Silently While the Other Stays Locked

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