Strong earthquake rattles remote Alaska region
A strong earthquake shook a remote part of Alaska but no damage was reported.
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Aug 25, 2018
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Research finds quakes can systematically trigger other ones on opposite side of Earth
New research shows that a big earthquake can not only cause other quakes, but large ones, and on the opposite side of the Earth.
Earth Sciences
Aug 2, 2018
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Seismologists introduce new measure of earthquake ruptures
A team of seismologists has developed a new measurement of seismic energy release that can be applied to large earthquakes. Called the Radiated Energy Enhancement Factor (REEF), it provides a measure of earthquake rupture ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 21, 2018
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Another strong quake shakes remote Papua New Guinea region
Another strong earthquake has shaken a remote Papua New Guinea region that was badly damaged by a powerful quake last week.
Environment
Mar 6, 2018
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Satellite-based earthquake early warning system tested against Chilean great quakes
Researchers testing a satellite-based earthquake early warning system developed for the U.S. West Coast found that the system performed well in a "replay" of three large earthquakes that occurred in Chile between 2010 and ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 6, 2018
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Series of small quakes rattle area near Mount St. Helens
A series of small earthquakes has rattled an area northeast of Mount St. Helens in southwest Washington state.
Environment
Jan 3, 2018
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Small earthquakes at fracking sites may be early indicators of bigger tremors to come
Stanford geoscientists have devised a way of detecting thousands of faint, previously missed earthquakes triggered by hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking."
Earth Sciences
Dec 12, 2017
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Earthquakes in the Himalayas are bigger than in the Alps because tectonic plates collide faster
Earthquakes that happen in densely populated mountainous regions, such as the Himalaya, spell bigger earthquakes because of a fast tectonic-plate collision, according to a new study. Researchers from Geophysical Fluid Dynamics ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 4, 2017
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New early signals to quantify the magnitude of strong earthquakes
After an earthquake, there is an instantaneous gravitational disturbance that could be recorded before the seismic waves that seismologists can detect. In a study published in Science on December 1, 2017, a team comprising ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 1, 2017
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Strong quake jolts sparsely populated Iran, dozens injured
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake injured dozens of people after it jolted a sparsely populated area in Iran's southeast, media reported Friday.
Environment
Dec 1, 2017
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