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The 7.8 Mw earthquake just south of the Philippines island of Mindanao was not exactly unexpected. The region is tectonically active and has seen many historic earthquakes. In the map below the recent earthquake is shown with a star embedded in a background of hundreds of historic eartquakes identified by circles of different size and hue indicating their magnitude and depth. Map is from the USGS. At least 35 people died and more than 200 injured. That is, in fact, not an e

Why did so many die in Kerr County Texas? The death toll estimate now significantly exceeds 100, by how much will not be certain for a...

We now know that the death toll from the earthquake in Myanmar exceeds 10,000. Any number with four zeros after it is suspicious and it...

That sounds rediculous. And in the short term it is rediculous. People die in disasters. That can never be good. In Myanmar we will not...