Posts Tagged ‘San Andreas Fault’
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. Continue…
Thursday, February 17, 2011 12:58 - 1 Comment
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…)
Earth & Environment - Sep 30, 2009 16:14 - 2 Comments
Largest quakes weaken fault zones worldwide
RICE (US)—The massive 2004 earthquake that triggered killer tsunamis throughout the Indian Ocean appears to have weakened at least a portion of California’s famed San Andreas Fault, according to a new report by U.S. seismologists. (more…)
