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Soufriere St. Vincent, St. Vincent and the Grenadines Volcano Images
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This volcano is located on St. Vincent in the West Indies. It has a lake in its crater. Born in 1718, the volcano has had seven eruptions including violent eruptions... -
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April 1981 Westmorland, Calipatria, USA Images
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Magnitude 6.3. Damage $1-$3 million. Subsidence was reported on several rural roads in the area. Liquefaction caused scores of mudpots, and oozing soil in nearby... -
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November 1975 Kilauea, USA Images
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Two earthquakes occurred in the morning on Hawaii Island. The first earthquake (3 hours 36 minutes local time, 5.1 Ms, epicenter near the Kilauea crater) awakened the... -
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June 1991 Pinatubo, Philippines Images
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Mount Pinatubo is an andesitic island arc volcano, located on the southwestern part of the island of Luzon in the Philippines. Prior to 1991, it had been dormant for... -
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November 1867 Virgin Islands, USA Images
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On November 18, 1867 at 18:45 UTC, a violent earthquake along the north scarp of the Anegada Trough, occurred 15 to 20 km southwest of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands... -
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July 2017 Santa Maria, Colombia Images
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In the Colombian Caribbean, there was a tsunami event caused by underwater landslide on July 19, 2017, at approximately 8:20 am local time, affecting coastal areas... -
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Seismic Creep, USA Images
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Seismic creep is the constant or periodic movement on a fault as contrasted with the sudden rupture associated with an earthquake. It is a usually slow deformation of... -
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Kilauea, USA Images
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The basaltic shield volcano on the Island of Hawaii is among the most extensively studied volcanoes in the world. The volcano, with its summit caldera, is located on... -
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September 2015 Illapel, Chile Images
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On September 16th, 2015, an earthquake registering 8.4 on the Richter scale shook Chile between the Atacama and La Araucania regions. The National Emergency Office... -
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Volcanoes in Eruption - Set 2
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The word volcano is used to refer to the opening from which molten rock and gas issue from Earth's interior onto the surface, and also to the cone, hill, or mountain... -
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Volcanoes in Eruption - Set 1
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The word volcano is used to refer to the opening from which molten rock and gas issue from Earth's interior onto the surface, and also to the cone, hill, or mountain... -
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June 1925 Clarkston Valley, USA Images
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Location: east of Helena. Affected area: 803,000 square kilometers. Damage: $0.3 million. Chimneys fell in every direction from the shaking. In addition, brick and... -
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April 2007 Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea Images
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An earthquake measuring 8.1 struck 345 kilometers northwest of the Solomon Islands' capital Honiara at 0740 local time on 2 April. (2040 GMT 1 April). The earthquake... -
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Izalco, El Salvador Images
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Izalco is a young stratovolcano on the south flank of Santa Ana Volcano in western El Salvador. Its continuous small explosive eruptions (beginning in 1770) caused it... -
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January 1995 Hanshin-Awaji (Kobe), Japan Images
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On the morning of January 17, 1995 (January 16 at 20:46 GMT), a major earthquake occurred near the City of Kobe, Japan. The greatest intensity of shaking for the 6.9... -
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Erosional Landforms Images
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The hydrologic system, which includes all possible paths of motion of Earth's near-surface fluids including air and water, is largely responsible for the variety of... -
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The NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Bibliography
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From 1983 through 1992, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) compiled a comprehensive, computerized... -
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Archive of Geosample Data and Information from the Polar Rock Repository (PRR), Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center (BPCRC), the Ohio State University (OSU)
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The Polar Rock Repository (PRR) is part of the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center (BPCRC) at the Ohio State University. The PRR is a partner in the Index to... -
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Marine Geology Reports in the NGDC Archive
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Historic Marine Geologic data reports available are from academia, government, and non-U.S. sources. These reports were originally in paper or film form and were... -
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Morehead City, North Carolina 1/3 arc-second NAVD 88 Coastal Digital Elevation Model
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NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) is building high-resolution digital elevation models (DEMs) for select U.S. coastal regions. These integrated...