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  • War, aliens and disasters: A look at Baba Vanga’s chilling predictions for 2025 and which ones have come true

    War, aliens and disasters: A look at Baba Vanga’s chilling predictions for 2025 and which ones have come true

    As doomsday theories flood online platforms, many are turning to Baba Vanga’s own chilling predictions for 2025, ranging from global war to alien encounters. But how many of her prophecies have actually come true?

  • Did ‘new Baba Vanga’ really predict this? Internet erupts after Tsunami hits Japan following Russia’s monster quake

    Did ‘new Baba Vanga’ really predict this? Internet erupts after Tsunami hits Japan following Russia’s monster quake

    Japanese manga artist Ryo Tatsuki’s July 2025 earthquake prediction gains attention after a powerful 8.8 quake strikes near Kamchatka, though experts call it coincidence.

  • Mysterious deep-sea ‘Doomsday Fish,’ known as a sign of coming disaster, washes ashore in Mexico

    Mysterious deep-sea ‘Doomsday Fish,’ known as a sign of coming disaster, washes ashore in Mexico

    A rare live oarfish, known as the 'doomsday fish,' washed ashore on a Mexican beach, sparking curiosity and superstition about its alleged link to natural disasters.

  • Earth's inner core is mysteriously changing its shape and affecting life in a strange way, say scientists

    Earth's inner core is mysteriously changing its shape and affecting life in a strange way, say scientists

    Scientists suggest Earth's inner core may have changed shape over the past 20 years, potentially affecting the planet's magnetic field, based on seismic wave analysis.

  • Greece declares emergency after near-constant quakes shake up Santorini. Here's what we know

    Greece declares emergency after near-constant quakes shake up Santorini. Here's what we know

    Greece is one of Europe's most earthquake-prone countries. The vast majority cause no injuries and little or no damage but the country has also seen deadly quakes

  • 'Nature's ticking time bomb': Italy’s most 'dangerous volcano' peers through a mysterious cloud hole from space

    'Nature's ticking time bomb': Italy’s most 'dangerous volcano' peers through a mysterious cloud hole from space

    A rare satellite image captures Mount Vesuvius peeking through a mysterious cloud gap, sparking concerns about the volcano's past and future eruption threats to nearby Naples, Italy.

  • Is Washington’s largest volcano, dormant for thousands of years, waking up? Recent Mount Adams seismic activity sparks concern

    Is Washington’s largest volcano, dormant for thousands of years, waking up? Recent Mount Adams seismic activity sparks concern

    Mount Adams, Washington's largest volcano, shows increased seismic activity. The USGS installs seismic stations to monitor the situation, citing concerns over lahars and landslides.

  • What causes earthquakes and what are its effects

    What causes earthquakes and what are its effects

    Recent earthquakes in Afghanistan have killed almost 2,000 people. What exactly are earthquakes? Why do they occur? Answers to these and other questions

  • 5 earthquakes hit Jammu region in a day, educational institutes shut

    5 earthquakes hit Jammu region in a day, educational institutes shut

    The fresh earthquakes have prompted the administration to shut down educational institutes in twin mountainous districts of Doda and Kishtwar.

  • New tool could provide insight into powerful future earthquakes

    New tool could provide insight into powerful future earthquakes

    Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin, US, discovered that a frictional phenomenon could be key to understanding when and how violently a fault -- a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock -- moves.

  • Turkey-Syria Earthquakes: How earthquake-resistant buildings are designed

    Turkey-Syria Earthquakes: How earthquake-resistant buildings are designed

    In order to withstand the impact of an earthquake, a building must redistribute its shockwaves. Several design features can handle the side-to-side forces emitted by a quake. Here's how earthquake-resistant buildings are designed, and some of the most astonishing constructions designed to withstand earthquakes.

  • Watch: Tremors interrupt this country’s parliament debate on earthquake insurance

    Watch: Tremors interrupt this country’s parliament debate on earthquake insurance

    The coincidence gained wide attention on social media.

  • Not just COVID: Earthquakes, typhoons pose threat at Tokyo Olympics

    Not just COVID: Earthquakes, typhoons pose threat at Tokyo Olympics

    Japan sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire", an arc of intense seismic activity that stretches throughout southeast Asia and across the Pacific Basin. The country is also home to numerous active volcanos and is regularly hit by typhoons in the season that runs from around May to October, peaking in August and September.

  • Earthquake hits near Mexico's Pacific coast, no damage reported

    Earthquake hits near Mexico's Pacific coast, no damage reported

    The US Geological Survey put the epicenter of the quake 31 miles (50 km) southwest of Manzanillo and at a depth of 6.2 miles (10 km).

  • Two earthquakes in Assam, no report of injury/damage

    Two earthquakes in Assam, no report of injury/damage

    There was no immediate report of any injury or damage to property due to the tremors, the police said.

  • Par condoles death of people in terror attacks, earthquakes

    Par condoles death of people in terror attacks, earthquakes

    Lok Sabha also condoled the death of many people due to the collapse of an under-construction flyover in Kolkata, landslide in Arunachal Pradesh, bus accident in Odisha and killing of CRPF personnel in Chattisgarh.

  • Japan April flash manufacturing PMI falls after Kumamoto quakes

    Japan April flash manufacturing PMI falls after Kumamoto quakes

    The Markit/Nikkei Japan Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) fell to a seasonally adjusted 48.0 in April from a final 49.1 in March.

  • Sony cuts FY15 profit estimate by 9.4% on weaker mobile demand

    Sony cuts FY15 profit estimate by 9.4% on weaker mobile demand

    Sony said on Thursday it is estimating an operating profit of 290 billion yen (USD 2.64 billion) for the year, down from a previously estimated 320 billion yen, citing weaker demand for camera modules.

  • Disruptions from twin quakes in southern Japan hit economy

    Disruptions from twin quakes in southern Japan hit economy

    Toyota Motor Corp says it has stopped production at a factory in Kyushu, where the quakes struck late Thursday and early Saturday, killing at least 42 people and leaving nearly 1,100 people injured.

  • Is your home safe from earthquake?

    Is your home safe from earthquake?

    More than 54% of Indian landmass is prone to earthquakes. Most residential projects that have been built in the last 5-6 years will be resistant to mild earthquakes registering at around 4 on the richter scale. However, very few would be able to remain standing during a massive quake registering at say 9.

  • Hot spots for world's powerful earthquakes identified

    Hot spots for world's powerful earthquakes identified

    Researchers have pinpointed the locations - like Indonesia's Sumatra Island - where the world's largest earthquakes are most likely to take place, with greater accuracy than ever before.

  • Munich Re chief makes China plea for PPP quake fund

    Munich Re chief makes China plea for PPP quake fund

    Nikolaus von Bomhard, chief executive of German insurer Munich Re, has called on China to create a public-private partnership that would improve protection against earthquakes for businesses and people in the world's most populous nation.

  • Valley rocked by three earthquakes, no damage reported

    Valley rocked by three earthquakes, no damage reported

    Three earthquakes today shook Kashmir within an hour but there were no reports of any damage caused anywhere in the Valley.

  • 8-km deep quake lab planned at Koyna: Deshmukh

    8-km deep quake lab planned at Koyna: Deshmukh

    Indian scientists plan to drill a an 8-km deep borehole near a massive dam at Koyna in Maharashtra to pick up signals that could help in predicting earthquakes,

  • Five died in massive Indonesian quake: officials

    Five died in massive Indonesian quake: officials

    Five people died and at least seven were injured as massive earthquakes struck off Indonesia's Sumatra island, officials said today.

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