News tagged with earthquake waves
Parts of Mt Fuji 'could collapse' if fault shifts
Parts of Japan's Mount Fuji, a national symbol and key tourist attraction, could collapse if a newly-discovered faultline under the mountain shifts, a government-commissioned report has warned.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 11, 2012 |
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'Invisibility' cloak could protect buildings from earthquakes
University of Manchester mathematicians have developed the theory for a Harry Potter style 'cloaking' device which could protect buildings from earthquakes.
Feb 14, 2012 |
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Japan may put nuclear power firm under state control
Japan's government on Tuesday floated the idea of putting the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant under temporary state control, as it asked for $8.9 billion more in compensation aid.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Dec 27, 2011 |
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Exploring the last white spot on Earth: ESRF inaugurates unique new X-ray facility
Scientists will soon be exploring matter at temperatures and pressures so extreme it can only be produced for microseconds using powerful pulsed lasers. Matter in such states is present in the Earth's liquid ...
Nov 10, 2011 |
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Tsunami debris found 3,000 km from Japan coast
A Russian ship has found debris from the Japanese tsunami, including a fishing boat, floating adrift in the Pacific thousands of kilometres from the disaster zone, a Hawaiian research group said.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 16, 2011 |
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The strange rubbing boulders of the Atacama
A geologist's sharp eyes and upset stomach has led to the discovery, and almost too-close encounter, with an otherworldly geological process operating in a remote corner of northern Chile's Atacama Desert.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 11, 2011 |
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US scientists testing earthquake early warning
Elizabeth Cochran was sitting in her office when her computer suddenly sounded an alarm.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 20, 2011 |
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Tsunami sensor detects mysterious background signal in Panama
An unusual signal detected by the seismic monitoring station at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's research facility on Barro Colorado Island results from waves in Lake Gatun, the reservoir that ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 03, 2011 |
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Distant earthquakes can trigger deep slow fault slip
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers examining the San Andreas Fault in central California have found evidence that distant earthquakes can trigger episodes of accelerated (but still very slow) slip motion, deep on the fault.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 11, 2011 |
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Explained: Measuring earthquakes
The powerful earthquake that struck Japan in March was a 9.0-magnitude event. But this was not, as some people may assume, as registered on the Richter scale, the famed measuring system dating to the 1930s. ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 10, 2011 |
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Port Valdez invertebrates stabilized 26 years after quake
It took 26 years for marine invertebrates living on the Port Valdez seafloor to stabilize after Alaska's Great Earthquake of 1964, according to a scientist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Apr 25, 2011 |
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Nation's quake-warning system needs work, scientists say
Americans have been lulled into a false sense of security that they are prepared for a devastating earthquake, according to a report issued Wednesday by the National Research Council.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 05, 2011 |
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No long-distance risks from mega-quakes: study
Monster earthquakes like the 9.0-magnitude event that occurred off Japan on March 11 are unlikely to trigger a large quake in distant regions of the world, according to a study published on Sunday.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 27, 2011 |
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Unique Japan tsunami footage boon to scientists
Vision of the disastrous tsunami rolling onto Japan after last week's massive 9.0-magnitude earthquake will provide valuable data to scientists for years to come, Australian experts said Wednesday.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 16, 2011 |
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The science behind a tsunami
The massive magnitude 8.9 earthquake that struck off the east coast Japan’s main island on March 11, 2011 set in motion a fierce tsunami that may have claimed thousands of lives, and sent tsunami warnings ...
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Mar 14, 2011 |
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