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Seismic Study Finds Thick Ultramafic Layer Under Mars and Vast Deep Magma Plumbing

Oxford-led analysis of InSight data shows Mars may build chemically evolved crust by long-lived internal melting rather than by plate-driven recycling.

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USGS Logs 18 Quakes Across North America as Minor Oklahoma Tremor Leads U.S. Count

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11mo ago

M4.4 Quake Near Manzanillo and Separate M4.2 in Veracruz Prompt Checks With No Damage Reported

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North America Logs Routine Seismic Activity as Mexico’s Deep M4.0 Triggers No Alert

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Chiapas Registers M4.7 and M4.4 Quakes After Oaxaca’s M4.0

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Chiapas Feels 5.9 Quake From El Salvador as Routine M4s Continue With No Damage

Plate Tectonics

Seismic Study Finds Thick Ultramafic Layer Under Mars and Vast Deep Magma Plumbing

Clusters of Small Quakes Recorded in Mexico and Peru, No Damage Reported

Oaxaca Records New Magnitude 4.0 Quake With No Damage

Magnitude 5.6 Earthquake Near Khuzdar Rattles Balochistan, Felt Across Sindh

Offshore Magnitude 6.0 Quake Shakes Oregon Coast With No Tsunami Warning

Japan’s M6.2 Off Shimane Spurs Dozens of Aftershocks, Peru Registers M5.6

Magnitude 6.5 Quake in Guerrero Kills at Least Two, Destroys Dozens of Homes

Magnitude 6.5 Quake Hits Guerrero, Two Dead as Inspections Continue

India Rewrites Earthquake Code, Puts Entire Himalayas in New Highest-Risk Zone

Magnitude 4.7 Quake Shakes Junín as Peru Logs Series of Light Tremors

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SSN Updates Epicenter of M5.3 Southern Mexico Quake to Southwest of Las Choapas

Magnitude 5.2 Quake Rattles Swat and Chitral With No Damage Reported

Magnitude 4.7 Earthquake Near India–Myanmar Border Felt Across Northeast India

Myanmar Registers Two Quakes in a Day, Including Shallow M4.0

New M4.0 Quakes in Puno and Tacna Extend Peru’s Weekend Seismic Cluster

USGS Logs 18 Quakes Across North America as Minor Oklahoma Tremor Leads U.S. Count

M4.4 Quake Near Manzanillo and Separate M4.2 in Veracruz Prompt Checks With No Damage Reported

North America Logs Routine Seismic Activity as Mexico’s Deep M4.0 Triggers No Alert

Chiapas Registers M4.7 and M4.4 Quakes After Oaxaca’s M4.0

Chiapas Feels 5.9 Quake From El Salvador as Routine M4s Continue With No Damage

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