News tagged with seismic monitoring

'Creeping quakes' rumble New Zealand: researchers

Researchers have discovered New Zealand's earthquake-prone landscape is even more unstable than previously thought, recording deep tremors lasting up to 30 minutes on its biggest fault line.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 7

Science ensures N.Korea nuclear test would be no secret

North Korea remains largely cut off from the Internet and mobile phone technology that links much of modern society, but any nuclear test would be swiftly revealed by global scientists, experts say.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...

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

Study shows 'plausible' connection between DFW quakes, saltwater injection well

(PhysOrg.com) -- A study of seismic activity near Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport by researchers from Southern Methodist University and UT-Austin reveals that the operation of a saltwater injection ...

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created Mar 10, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Not more quakes, just more people in quake zones

First the ground shook in Haiti, then Chile and now Turkey. The earthquakes keep coming hard and fast this year, causing people to wonder if something sinister is happening underfoot. It's not.

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created Mar 09, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Scientists cable seafloor seismometer into California's earthquake network

A newly-laid, 32-mile underwater cable finally links the state's only seafloor seismic station with the University of California, Berkeley's seismic network, merging real-time data from west of the San Andreas fault with ...

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created Mar 19, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0