A powerful magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck eastern Tajikistan early Thursday, officials with the US Geological Survey (USGS) have confirmed. Meanwhile, the Chinese seismological center has rated the quake at 7.3 on the Richter scale. The USGS also recorded three aftershocks following the earthquake, one of which occurred 86 kilometers west ...
Geologists have confirmed that a new ocean is being created as the African continent is split in half. An international effort has revealed that a 35 miles long rift appeared in the Ethiopian deserts of the Far region in 2005 and is probably the start of a brand-new sea. The ...
