In The News: Department of Geoscience
Scientists have discovered the world's deepest earthquake, which occurred 467 miles (751 kilometers) beneath the surface of the Earth.
An earthquake that struck at a whopping 751 kilometers (467 miles) below the Earth’s surface is the deepest ever recorded, scientists have revealed.
An earthquake that struck at a whopping 751 kilometers (467 miles) below the Earth’s surface is the deepest ever recorded, scientists have revealed. The tremor shook a zone thought to be impossible for quakes to occur in.
This depth places the earthquake in the lower mantle where seismologists thought it would be impossible to cause an earthquake.
In Japan, 751 kilometers deep. But experts can't explain exactly how this was possible.
The quake occurred in the lower mantle, well deeper than previous quakes.

Great Basin National Park sits at the eastern edge of the state. The park is home to a towering rock glacier and slow-growing groves of bristlecone pines, iconic trees with twisted limbs that have stood for centuries.
Host to over 41 million visitors a year, Las Vegas is bustling. But with an annual rainfall total under 4 inches, how does this desert oasis quench the masses and sustain itself, keeping water flowing and business thriving?
In collaboration with presenting partners, the American Geosciences Institute (AGI) invites educators, students, and all interested in the geosciences to participate in the "Water Today and for the Future" Webinar Series during Earth Science Week (October 10-16, 2021) and beyond.
The goal of the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program is to prepare graduate students for science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) careers critically important to the DOE Office of Science mission, by providing graduate thesis research opportunities at DOE laboratories.
Earlier this year in March a discussion took place in the United Nations framework about the factors related to water governance, the role that available data plays in this regard and also about how the lack of safe drinking water can affect the matrix of socio-economic development.
A recent discussion in the third week of March this year within the United Nations framework exchanged views at length about the factors related to water governance, the role that available data play in this regard and also about how the lack of safe drinking water - for tens of millions all over the world -- has further complicated the coronavirus pandemic paradigm.