Posts Tagged ‘earthquakes’
Top Stories - Apr 1, 2011 11:12 - 1 Comment
Finding a ‘new normal’ in Japan
UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US) — Many survivors of Japan’s triple disaster are facing a hard emotional reality: The “old normal” is gone. Now the search for a new normal begins, says a mental trauma expert. (more…)
Top Stories - Mar 18, 2011 16:23 - 1 Comment
Tokyo faces risk of massive aftershock
UC DAVIS (US) — Computer models suggest Tokyo may be at serious risk from a massive aftershock and associated tsunami, according to seismologist John Rundle. (more…)
Top Stories - Feb 17, 2011 12:58 - 2 Comments
S. California lake-quake theory collapses
U. OREGON (US) — Evidence pulled from sediment in three deep trenches suggests the south end of the San Andreas Fault is likely overdue for a massive quake based on historical averages. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jan 13, 2011 13:39 - 0 Comments
More corruption, more collapse in quakes
U. COLORADO (US) — More than 80 percent of all deaths caused by building collapse during earthquakes in the last three decades occurred in countries considered to be unusually corrupt. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Dec 16, 2010 17:47 - 1 Comment
Stored CO2 may be earthquake trigger
STANFORD (US) — Storing massive amounts of carbon dioxide underground in an effort to combat global warming could potentially cause small to moderate earthquakes. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Oct 11, 2010 9:47 - 0 Comments
Higher tsunami risk for Los Angeles?
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — Geologists studying the Jan. 12 Haiti earthquake say the risk of destructive tsunamis is higher than expected in places such as Istanbul, Los Angeles, and Kingston, Jamaica. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Sep 14, 2010 10:22 - 0 Comments
Why some quakes cause killer tsunamis
U. SOUTHAMPTON (UK)—Researchers have uncovered clues as to why some undersea earthquakes generate huge tsunamis. Their findings, published recently in the journal Science, may help explain why the 2004 Sumatra “Boxing Day Tsunami” was so devastating. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 21, 2010 11:44 - 0 Comments
Geoneutrinos detected deep inside Earth
PRINCETON (US)—The discovery of subatomic particles deep within the Earth’s interior could help geologists understand how reactions taking place in the planet’s interior affect events on the surface such as earthquakes and volcanoes. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jun 3, 2010 11:12 - 0 Comments
Mantle flow can move mountains
USC (US)—If tectonic plate collisions cause volcanic eruptions, why do some volcanoes erupt far from a plate boundary? (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jun 1, 2010 11:03 - 1 Comment
Pupfish reaction caught on ‘tsunami’ video
U. ARIZONA (US)—For the first time, an earthquake was recorded live in Devils Hole, home to the only population of a critically endangered pupfish species. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 25, 2010 11:40 - 0 Comments
Computer model shows speeding mantle
UC DAVIS (US)—The Earth’s mantle flows far more rapidly around a sinking tectonic plate than previously thought, according to new computer modeling. The findings could change the way that we think about plate tectonics and the amount of energy available for earthquakes. (more…)
Society & Culture - May 19, 2010 12:42 - 1 Comment
Haiti quake reaction neglects history’s lessons
NYU (US)—International responses to rebuild Haiti after the January earthquake are unlikely to successfully transform the country, says New York University’s Millery Polyné, because these measures do not consider power, politics, and Haitian history—especially its relations with the United States. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 7, 2010 10:44 - 0 Comments
Aseismic creep may lower earthquake hazard
CALTECH (US)—Using data from GPS stations, researchers analyzed plate slippage following the magnitude 8.0 earthquake that struck in Central Peru in August 2007, killing more than 500 people. What the team discovered ran contrary to long-held assumptions about plate movement in the area—and suggests a model for predicting earthquake patterns. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 23, 2010 12:32 - 0 Comments
Predicting Earth’s tectonic dance
RICE (US)—A research team has put the finishing touches on a 20-year labor of love: a precise description of the relative movements of the interlocking tectonic plates that account for about 97 percent of Earth’s surface. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 16, 2010 9:42 - 2 Comments
Forecast: Clear with a chance of tremors
USC/U. TEXAS (US)—Imagine if alongside your local weather outlook there also was an earthquake forecast. You’d know if you needed to bring an umbrella and secure loose items before leaving the house in the morning. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 12, 2010 18:11 - 1 Comment
Pregnancy problems surface after earthquake
NYU (US)—Expectant mothers who were exposed to the 2005 Tarapaca earthquake in Chile were more likely to give birth prematurely than those women in the nation’s unaffected regions. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Feb 22, 2010 17:40 - 0 Comments
Quake drill points to shaky communication
U. COLORADO (US)—Researchers who devised the largest earthquake preparedness event ever undertaken in the United States say one of the biggest challenges was translating devastation projections from a hypothetical magnitude 7.8 San Andreas Fault temblor into timely, usable information to the more than 5 million California participants in 2008. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Feb 3, 2010 13:58 - 0 Comments
Shaking up estimates about ‘the big one’
UC IRVINE (US)—New information about the inner workings of faults could change how experts estimate the potential for the next “big one.” (more…)
