(AP) -- Because of a lethal combination of geology and geography, the people of American Samoa didn't stand much of a chance. Almost every condition that triggers bad tsunamis was in place this time, generating waves that ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 30, 2009
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Two moderate earthquakes have struck central California, one of which was widely felt across the region.
Earth Sciences
Nov 20, 2014
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Earthquakes never occur when you need one, so a team led by Johns Hopkins structural engineers is shaking up a building themselves in the name of science and safety.
Engineering
Jul 31, 2013
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On 31 August 2012 a magnitude 7.6 earthquake ruptured deep beneath the sea floor of the Philippine Trench, a powerful intraplate earthquake centered seaward of the plate boundary. In the wake of the main shock, sensors detected ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 15, 2013
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Indonesia's capital Jakarta was rocked Tuesday by a strong earthquake which forced some buildings to be evacuated, but there was no immediate tsunami threat or reported injuries, a government agency said.
Environment
Jan 23, 2018
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A new University of Utah study has identified hundreds of previously unrecognized small aftershocks that happened after Utah's deadly Crandall Canyon mine collapse in 2007. The aftershocks suggest the collapse was as big ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 19, 2013
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The topography surrounding the Laguna Salada fault in the Mexican state of Baja, California, is clearly shown in this combined radar image and topographic view (above) generated with data from NASA's Shuttle ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 6, 2010
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Elizabeth Cochran was sitting in her office when her computer suddenly sounded an alarm.
Earth Sciences
Sep 20, 2011
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(AP)—Geologists say the 4.3 magnitude earthquake that shook eastern Kentucky over the weekend was too deep to be induced by the region's underground mining activity.
Earth Sciences
Nov 12, 2012
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An invasive insect, hemlock woolly adelgid, has been marching north along the Appalachians, killing almost every hemlock tree in its path. The adelgid has devastated forests in Georgia, Tennessee, and Virginia. The pest recently ...
Ecology
Jul 21, 2011
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