News tagged with fault
Related topics: tectonic plates , earthquake
Earthquakes generate big heat in super-small areas: study
Most earthquakes that are seen, heard, and felt around the world are caused by fast slip on faults. While the earthquake rupture itself can travel on a fault as fast as the speed of sound or better, the fault ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 13, 2011 |
4.5 / 5 (4) |
2
|
Physicists move one step closer to quantum computer
Rice University physicists have created a tiny "electron superhighway" that could one day be useful for building a quantum computer, a new type of computer that will use quantum particles in place of the digital ...
Oct 04, 2011 |
4.7 / 5 (11) |
24
|
Scientists focus on Salton Sea as possible earthquake risk
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a bit of coincidental news, no sooner had earthquake scientists posted warnings about the instability of the southern part of the San Andreas Fault hidden beneath the Salton Sea, than an ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 27, 2011 |
4.7 / 5 (9) |
0
|
Unusual earthquake gave Japan tsunami extra punch
The magnitude 9 earthquake and resulting tsunami that struck Japan on March 11 were like a one-two punch – first violently shaking, then swamping the islands – causing tens of thousands of deaths ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 24, 2011 |
5 / 5 (8) |
2
|
Scientists say the Big One could be even bigger
The Big One predicted for the San Andreas fault could end up being bigger than earthquake experts previously thought.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 11, 2010 |
4.9 / 5 (22) |
11
Big quakes more frequent than thought on San Andreas fault
Earthquakes have rocked the powerful San Andreas fault that splits California far more often than previously thought, according to UC Irvine and Arizona State University researchers who have charted temblors there stretching ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 20, 2010 |
4.5 / 5 (18) |
2
|
Restored machine to explore mysteries of Big Bang
(AP) -- Scientists are preparing the world's largest atom smasher to explore the depths of matter after successfully restarting the $10 billion machine following more than a year of repairs.
Nov 21, 2009 |
4.5 / 5 (24) |
27
Deep creep means milder, more frequent earthquakes along Southern California's San Jacinto fault
With an average of four mini-earthquakes per day, Southern California's San Jacinto fault constantly adjusts to make it a less likely candidate for a major earthquake than its quiet neighbor to the east, the ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 08, 2009 |
3.8 / 5 (6) |
1
Earthquakes actually aftershocks of 19th century quakes
(PhysOrg.com) -- When small earthquakes shake the central U.S., citizens often fear the rumbles are signs a big earthquake is coming. Fortunately, new research instead shows that most of these earthquakes ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 04, 2009 |
4.4 / 5 (20) |
13
Major quakes can weaken seismic faults far away, scientists say
(PhysOrg.com) -- U.S. seismologists have found evidence that the massive 2004 earthquake that triggered killer tsunamis throughout the Indian Ocean weakened at least a portion of California's famed San Andreas ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 30, 2009 |
4.9 / 5 (8) |
0
Sichuan quake was once-in-4,000-year event: scientists
People who were killed, injured or bereaved in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake had the cruel misfortune to be victims of an event that probably occurs just once in four millennia, seismologists said on Sunday.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 27, 2009 |
3.8 / 5 (5) |
3
Computer scientists scale 'layer 2' data center networks to 100,000 ports and beyond
University of California, San Diego computer scientists have created software that they hope will lead to data centers that logically function as single, plug-and-play networks that will scale to the massive ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Aug 17, 2009 |
3.7 / 5 (3) |
0
Large Hadron Collider restart delayed till October
(AP) -- The world's largest atom smasher will likely be fired up again in October after scientists have carried out tests and put in place further safety measures to prevent a repeat of the faults that sidelined ...
Jun 20, 2009 |
3.7 / 5 (17) |
36
New Madrid fault system may be shutting down
(PhysOrg.com) -- The New Madrid fault system does not behave as earthquake hazard models assume and may be in the process of shutting down, a new study shows.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 13, 2009 |
3.9 / 5 (11) |
5
Trapped water cause of regular tremors under Vancouver Island
University of British Columbia researchers are offering the first compelling evidence to explain regular tremors under Vancouver Island.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 31, 2008 |
4 / 5 (6) |
0
