April 11 quake: Distance from epicentre protects Indian cities
Published in The Hindu on April 13, 2012 If the amount of energy released during an earthquake is measured in
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Why the April 11 quake was caused by a strike-slip fault
Published in The Hind on April 13, 2012 Besides the subduction zone (where the Indian plate dives under the Burmese
Read MoreEditorial: Lessons from Japan quake
Published in The Hindi on June 25, 2011 The 9 magnitude Tohoku-Oki earthquake that struck Japan on March 11, 2011,
Read MoreJapan: why the killer quake was never expected
Published in The Hindu on June 23, 2011 The 9 magnitude Tohoku-Oki megathrust earthquake that rocked Japan on March 11
Read MoreEarthquake: unpredictability is its middle name
Published in The Hindu on March 24, 2011 How safe are nuclear plants located in countries that have faults cutting
Read MoreEditorial: The killer aftershock
Published in The Hindu on February 25, 2011 Barely six months after Christchurch, New Zealand’s second largest city, was struck
Read MoreEditorial: L’Aquila, a bizarre indictment
Published in The Hindu on June 25, 2010 In what may go down in history as one of the more
Read MoreChile: where three tectonic plate boundaries meet
Published in The Hindu on March 4, 2010 The 8.8 magnitude earthquake had its epicentre in the Pacific Ocean about
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The 7-magnitude shallow-depth earthquake of January 12, which had its epicentre about 15 kilometres southwest of Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital, ruptured
Read MoreEditorial: Prediction gets tougher
Published in The Hindu on October 24, 2009 Despite years of unrelenting efforts, predicting earthquakes — the holy grail of
Read MoreSumatra earthquake triggered quakes 8,000 km away
Published in The Hindu on October 15, 2009 Large earthquakes have been found to increase the chances of subsequent quakes
Read MoreChina earthquake: topography can reveal tectonic activity
Published in The Hindu on July24, 2008 The May 12, 2008 earthquake that struck the Sichuan Province in China appears
Read MoreQuakes: of prediction, coincidence and panic
Published in The Hindu on September 14, 2006 Next time when someone predicts an earthquake with great certainty and specifies
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