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LA PALMA VOLCANO: CANARY ISLANDS HIT BY 40 TREMORS IN 48 HOURS
The Independent   11 October 2017   Spain   Canary Islands  
La Palma is the most volcanic of the Canary Islands / Getty Images/iStockphoto
<p>La Palma, one of the Canary Islands, was hit by a series of mini-earthquakes at the weekend, measuring between 1.5 and 2.7 on the Richter scale.</p> <p>Between Saturday 7 and Tuesday 10 October the island experienced 50 tremors, with the biggest taking ...
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Huge 7.3 earthquake strikes the Philippines
The Independent   10 January 2017   Philippines   Asia  
Eartquake epicentre (USGS)
<p>A major undersea earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 struck southeast of the Philippines on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.</p> <p>The quake was measured at a depth of 617 km (380 miles), the USGS said.</p> <p>It struck in the Celebes Sea ...
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Germany unveils zero-emissions train that only emits steam
The Independent   03 November 2016   Germany   Europe  
<p>Germany is set to introduce the world’s first zero-emission passenger train to be powered by hydrogen.</p><p>The Coradia iLint only emits excess steam into the atmosphere, and provides an alternative to the country’s 4,000 diesel trains.</p><p>Lower Saxony ...