News tagged with seismic data

Rapid tsunami warning by means of GPS

For submarine earthquakes that can generate tsunamis, the warning time for nearby coastal areas is very short. Using high-precision analysis of GPS data from the Fukushima earthquake of 11 March 2011, scientists ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Recent Indonesia quake added pressure to key fault

(AP) -- Seismologists say last week's powerful earthquake off western Indonesia increased pressure on the source of the devastating 2004 tsunami: a fault that could unleash another monster wave sometime in ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 4

New research shows 1992 earthquake in Pakistan was due to rare horizontal shift

(PhysOrg.com) -- The media (and school teachers, of course) has done a very good job of informing most people about how earthquakes work. We can all very easily imagine two great plates rubbing against one ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast report

Earth's outer core deprived of oxygen: study

The composition of the Earth's core remains a mystery. Scientists know that the liquid outer core consists mainly of iron, but it is believed that small amounts of some other elements are present as well. Oxygen ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 23, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (10) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

Scientists map volcanic plume under Yellowstone

Scientists using electric and magnetic sensors have mapped the size and composition of a vast plume of hot rock and briny fluid down to 200 miles below Yellowstone National Park's surface, according to a new ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 15, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Are we living in an age of giant quakes?

Searching for patterns in the occurrence of large magnitude earthquakes after a succession of large tremors -- surpassed by the recent magnitude-9.0 quake in Japan -- has researchers wondering if the amount ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 08, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (13) | comments 33 | with audio podcast

Seeing through the cracks

While rescue workers in Japan continue their search for missing persons amid the rubble in Sendai and beyond, geologists are sifting through seismic data and satellite images for hints to what caused one of ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The hunt for the lunar core: Deep interior of moon resembles Earth's core

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Moon, Earth's closest neighbor, has long been studied to help us better understand our own planet. Of particular interest is the lunar interior, which could hold clues to its ancient origins. ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

IBM inventors create warning system to accurately analyze, assess and predict natural disasters

IBM inventors have developed a patented natural disaster warning system, which uses analytics to improve the effectiveness and timeliness of post-event rescue efforts in cities and other locations where efficient emergency ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Oct 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Surfing for earthquakes

A better understanding of the ground beneath our feet will result from research by seismologists and Rapid -- a group of computer scientists at the University of Edinburgh. The Earth's structure controls how earthquakes travel ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 20, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

First detailed underwater survey of huge volcanic flank collapse deposits

A scientific team led by Dr Peter Talling of the UK's National Oceanography Centre (NOC) is currently aboard the Royal Research Ship James Cook to map extremely large landslide deposits offshore from an active ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 05, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Earthquake engineers release report on damage in Haiti

A five-person team sent to evaluate damage from the devastating magnitude-7 earthquake that struck Haiti on Jan. 12 found no surface evidence of the fault that might have caused the quake, but installed four ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mediterranean Sea filled in less than two years: study

The Mediterranean Sea was mostly filled in less than two years in a dramatic flood around 5.33 million years ago in which water poured in from the Atlantic, according to a study published Wednesday.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (23) | comments 2

Fingerprinting slow earthquakes (w/Podcast)

(PhysOrg.com) -- The most powerful earthquakes happen at the junction of two converging tectonic plates, where one plate is sliding (or subducting) beneath the other. Now a team of researchers, led by Teh-Ru ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Technology and Art Unite to Create Dance Show Based on Volcanic Sounds of the Earth (w/Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time ever, a modern dance company has performed to music generated from seismic data, recorded from four volcanoes across three continents. This unique event was facilitated by DANTE, the provider ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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