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Mexico's Popocatepetl Volcano spews ash miles into the air
CNN 17 hours ago
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Quake rattles northwest China
Reuters Videos Quake rattles northwest China
An earthquake with a magnitude up to 6.7 hits the Xinjiang region of China near the border with Tajikistan. Rough cut (no reporter narration).
U.S.
Mega-earthquakes strike where fault lines are flat
Cosmos Magazine Fri, Nov 25 12:00 AM PST
The flat north section of the subduction zone sliding beneath Japan – the dark blue line near the top of this image – is a prime spot for earthquakes larger than magnitude-9 to strike, new research says. When it comes to giant earthquakes, it’s the smooth, ramp-shaped fault lines you need to watch. New work published in Science changes how seismologists understand which parts of the world are capable of producing a mega-quake – magnitude 8.5 or greater – and adds Mexico to the hit list, despite there being no historical evidence of mega-quakes there. “This is potentially quite a significant change in our understanding of how thrust faults operate,” says Paul Somerville, a geoscientist at Macquarie University in Sydney, who wasn't involved in the study. ...
World
U.S. Naval Patrols Threaten Sovereignty, Chinese Think Tank Warns
Keith Zhai, David Tweed,Bloomberg Thu, Nov 24 8:55 PM PST
American military vessels and aircraft carried out more than 700 patrols in the South China Sea region during 2015, making China the U.S.’s No. 1 surveillance target, according to a report by China’s only state-backed institution dedicated to research of the waters. The patrols pose a threat to China’s sovereignty and security interests, said the report by the National Institute for South China Sea Studies, which is headquartered in Hainan island. The document, the first of its kind released by China, warned that continued targeted operations by U.S. patrols would lead to militarization of the waters. “China could possibly set up an Air Defense Identification Zone in the South China Sea if the ...
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Philippines' Duterte makes U-turn on peace talks with ISIS affiliate
Newsweek 20 hours ago
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China successfully fires radical 300+ mile range hypersonic missile that would put key parts of US air operations at risk
nextbigfuture.com 18 hours agoTuesday, November 22, 2016
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Kim Jong Un writes 9-page letter to Trump, demanding end to 'hostile nuclear threats'
Fox News 2016-11-22T17:37:00Z
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Did China Just Render America's $1 Trillion Stealth Fighter Program Obsolete? -- The Motley Fool
The Motley Fool 2016-11-22T16:17:00Z
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