Why was an earthquake in Virginia felt at more than twice the distance than a similar-sized earthquake in California? The answer is one that many people may not realize. Earthquakes east of the Rocky Mountains can cause noticeable ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 25, 2018
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A scientific team has discovered the geological footprint of earthquakes and tsunamis that affected the Aysén region (southern Chile) up to 9,000 years ago. This new study improves the assessment of seismic hazard in a wide ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 7, 2018
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The South African government is looking into fracking to reduce the country's huge reliance on coal for energy. Fracking involves pumping high pressured fluids into rock formations to release reserves of oil and gas.
Environment
Dec 20, 2017
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A new publication from the Kentucky Geological Survey at the University of Kentucky concludes that the national earthquake hazard maps developed by the U.S. Geological Survey seriously overstate the hazard in the New Madrid ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 31, 2016
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In Japan, Taiwan and New Zealand, one of the largest driving forces behind earthquakes is the active convergence of tectonic plates at rates of four to eight centimeters per year. The plate boundaries in each region are complex ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 18, 2016
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The San Andreas Fault system, which runs almost the entire length of California, is prone to shaking, causing about 10,000 minor earthquakes each year just in the southern California area.
Earth Sciences
Nov 11, 2015
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Earthquakes occur on a massive scale and often originate deep below the surface of the Earth, making them notoriously difficult to predict.
Earth Sciences
Aug 26, 2015
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Stacked in gravity-defying arrangements in the western San Bernardino Mountains, granite boulders that should have been toppled long ago by earthquakes are maintaining a stubborn if precarious balance. In puzzling out why ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 4, 2015
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Scientists have been trying to make sense of out of what makes the earth move for centuries. The earthquake disaster in Nepal on April 25 brings attention to human frailty in the face of Mother Nature. In spite of and because ...
Earth Sciences
May 5, 2015
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Researchers at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, are the recipient of NVIDIA's 2015 Global Impact Award for their collaborative work in developing an accelerated GPU (graphics ...
Computer Sciences
Mar 17, 2015
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