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Mantle Gases Detected in Zambia’s Kafue Rift Point to Early-Stage Rifting

The findings provide the first geochemical proof of mantle-to-surface flow in the Kafue Rift.

Seismic Imaging Reveals Ultra-Thin Crust at Turkana Rift Signaling Advanced Breakup Stage

Magnitude 5.7 Quake South of Crete Triggers Civil Protection Alert

Shallow M6.1 Quake off Northern Sumatra Rattles Simeulue, Triggers No Tsunami Alert

Offshore Magnitude 6.0 Quake Shakes Oregon Coast With No Tsunami Warning

Magnitude 5.7 Quake Off Martinique Rattles French Antilles With No Injuries Reported

Magnitude 6.5 Quake Shakes Southern Mexico, Officials Report Two Deaths

New Reports Reaffirm East African Rift's Slow Continental Split

Magnitude 5.2 Quake Rattles Karachi and Balochistan, No Casualties Reported

Light Quakes Rattle Loralai and Sibi in Balochistan

Seismic Images Reveal Explorer Plate Tearing in Stages Beneath Northern Cascadia

Magnitude 5.9 Quake Rattles Eastern Hokkaido, No Tsunami Threat

Offshore Oregon 5.8 Quake Triggers Aftershocks as Officials Report No Tsunami or Damage

Study Detects Solid Inner Core on Mars, Redrawing the Planet’s Interior

New Aftershocks Jolt Eastern Afghanistan as Rescues Struggle to Reach Cut-Off Villages

Two Magnitude-6 Quakes Rattle Russia’s Kuril Islands

Northern Appalachian Heat Anomaly Linked to Ancient Labrador Sea Rift

Magnitude-8.6 Kamchatka Quake Triggers Pacific-Wide Alerts as Aftershocks Persist

3.2-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Faridabad, Rattles Delhi-NCR

Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains' Ancient Origins Unveiled Through New Research