News tagged with episodic tremor

Scientists find odd twist in slow 'earthquakes': Tremor running backwards

Earthquake scientists trying to unravel the mysteries of an unfelt, weeks-long seismic phenomenon called episodic tremor and slip have discovered a strange twist. The tremor can suddenly reverse direction ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

May 22, 2011 | 4.8 / 5 (9) | 2 |

Research links seismic slip and tremor, with implications for subduction zone

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the last decade, scientists have recorded regular episodes of tectonic plates slowly, quietly slipping past each other in western Washington and British Columbia over periods of two weeks or more, releasing ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Jan 29, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (6) | 1