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Earthquake in Greenland triggers fatal landslide-induced tsunami

Temlor.net 19 June 2017 Greenland Nuugaatsiag

his picture, taken by the Arctic Command shows part of the landslide that triggered the deadly tsunami.

<p>Over the weekend, a M=4.1 earthquake on Greenland’s western coast caused a massive landslide, triggering a tsunami that inundated small settlements on the coast. At this stage, four people are feared to have died, nine others were injured, and 11 ...

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M=5.2 southern California quake triggered a profusion of aftershocks on ‘bookshelf faults’ that link the active strands of the San Jacinto fault zone

Temlor.net 10 June 2016 USA S. California

<p>Today’s quake struck along the central San Jacinto fault, a major element of the southern San Andreas system with its own history of large and frequent quakes, and so at high risk of future events. But the aftershocks do not line up along the right-lateral ...

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