How do mountains form? What forces are needed to carve out a basin? Why does the Earth tremble and quake?
Earth Sciences
Apr 23, 2020
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An international team of scientists has for the first time identified the conditions deep below the Earth's surface that lead to the triggering of so-called 'slow motion' earthquakes.
Earth Sciences
Mar 25, 2020
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Applying deep learning to seismic data has revealed tremor and slip occur at all times—before and after known large-scale slow-slip earthquakes—rather than intermittently in discrete bursts, as previously believed. Even ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 27, 2020
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A University of Iowa-led study has found that a series of Southern California earthquakes last summer increased stress on the Garlock Fault, a major earthquake fault line that has been dormant for at least a century.
Earth Sciences
Oct 30, 2019
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Scientists citing new research say an earthquake fault along the Los Angeles coast, previously believed to be dormant, is active and could cause a destructive 6.4 magnitude earthquake if it ruptured.
Earth Sciences
Sep 9, 2019
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Scientists will be able to predict earthquake magnitudes earlier than ever before thanks to new research by Marine Denolle, assistant professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences (EPS).
Earth Sciences
Aug 8, 2019
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The odds that Southern California will experience another earthquake of magnitude 7 or greater in the next week are now nearly 11%, according to preliminary estimates from seismologists.
Earth Sciences
Jul 8, 2019
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Does a good-size earthquake help relieve pent-up seismic stress? Does that postpone the day of reckoning when the Big One finally arrives?
Earth Sciences
Jul 5, 2019
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Nearly 200,000 people live, work or pass through one of California's volcanic hazard zones on a daily basis, and there's a 16 percent chance of an eruption in the state within the next 30 years.
Environment
Mar 2, 2019
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Earthquake early warnings can come as false alarms—but it's better to be safer than sorry, researchers concluded in a new study.
Earth Sciences
Feb 25, 2019
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