A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck near Kermanshah Province in western Iran on Sunday, injuring at least 25 people, Reuters reported citing state TV. The jolt was also felt in nearly all parts of the province, according to Irna. The latest earthquake came hours after two quakes measuring 4.7 and 5.7 hit Hormozgan Province in the south […]
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Whitecaps tear apart Quakes for 1st-ever playoff win
Cristian Techera scored on a stunning free kick as the Vancouver Whitecaps thumped the San Jose Earthquakes 5-0 in Major League Soccer’s single-elimination knockout round on Wednesday night. Nicolas Mezquida, with two, Fredy Montero and Kendall Waston had the other goals for Vancouver, which picked up its first-ever playoff victory since joining MLS in 2011. […]
2 volcanos spew ash in Russia’s Kamchatka rattled by quakes
Published time: 3 Apr, 2017 02:01 Two of Kamchatka’s volcanos – Kambalny and Kluchevskoy – have spewed ash thousands of meters into the air, as eruptions and seismic activity intensified in Russia’s far eastern region last week. The ash cloud spread some 100 km into the Pacific. “According to the satellite data of the Kamchatka […]