Geology

A 4.5 magnitude earthquake was felt in the town of Methoni on the southeastern coast of the Peloponnese a little after 3pm, Thursday. The epicentre of the tremor was 188km south of the town in the sea. The Athens Geodynamic Institute registered the earthquake as 4.5 on the Richter scale, while the Euro-Mediterranean seismological centre recorded it as 4.8. There were no reports of damage.

A powerful 6.7 magnitude earthquake has struck off central Chile, some 35 kilometers west of the coastal city of Valparaiso.

The quake struck at a depth of 33.0 km, according to the US Geological Survey.

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About 300 million years ago, Earth did not have seven continents (or eight if you count Zealandia), but one supercontinent called Pangea, which was surrounded by one ocean called Panthalassa. About 200 million years ago, the supercontinent began to break up and the world as we know it today started to take shape.

Turkey started its seismic energy exploration in eastern Mediterranean on April 21 in line with the government's "National Energy and Mining Policy," state-run Anadolu Agency has reported. 

Archaeologists in Argentina have announced the discovery of several dinosaur eggs - believed to be nearly 70 million years old and with the remainders of its embryos.

A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck northern Chile, 144 km (90 miles) southeast of Calama, at a depth of 188 km, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said on Saturday.

The earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 and struck at about 5:15 a.m. (0815 GMT), USGS said.

There were no immediate reports on social media of damage or casualties.

The research vessel RV Poseidon of the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research of Kiel in cooperation with the Geology Department of Kapodistrian University of Athens are examining the seabed and the underseas volcanoes of the islands of Cyclades with focus on the volcano of Santorini and the submarine volcano Kolumbo.

Two weak earthquakes with 2,2 and 2,6 magnitude were registered during the night in the Pazardzhik region, reported National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography.

The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20 kilometers near village Fotinovo.

No information on damage from the quake has been provided yet.

Every day, Greece is crushed between fantasy and self-interest, as well as numerous other problems which, like millstones, grind down whatever efforts there may be to take the next step toward even the smallest degree of revival and rejuvenation. Trapped between such forces, the country is suspended, paralyzed in a state not of survival but of decline.

Ancient fossils discovered in Canada are "direct evidence" that life existed on Earth 4 billion years ago, scientists wrote in a newly-released study, believing the emergence of life could be simple enough to begin on other planets.