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The science behind a tsunami

The massive magnitude 8.9 earthquake that struck off the east coast Japan’s main island on March 11, 2011 set in motion a fierce tsunami that may have claimed thousands of lives, and sent tsunami warnings ...

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created Mar 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists find increase in microearthquakes after Chilean quake

By studying seismographs from the earthquake that hit Chile last February, earth scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have found a statistically significant increase of microearthquakes in central ...

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created Feb 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

URI geologist develops improved seismic model for monitoring nuclear explosions in Middle East

Geologists from the University of Rhode Island and Princeton University, in collaboration with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, have taken an important step toward helping the United States government monitor nuclear ...

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Scientists recreate extreme conditions deep in Earth's interior

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of California, Berkeley, and Yale University scientists have recreated the tremendous pressures and high temperatures deep in the Earth to resolve a long-standing puzzle: why some ...

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created Sep 23, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (15) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New scenery at Earth's core-mantle boundary found

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using a diamond-anvil cell to recreate the high pressures deep within the earth, researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have found unusual properties in an iron-rich magnesium- and ...

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created Sep 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

The Earth's hidden weakness

(PhysOrg.com) -- Three thousand kilometres beneath our feet, the Earth's solid rock gives way to the swirling liquid iron of the outer core.

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created May 28, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (15) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Scientists probe Earth's core

We know more about distant galaxies than we do about the interior of our own planet. However, by observing distant earthquakes, researchers at the University of Calgary have revealed new clues about the top ...

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created Apr 28, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (20) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Earth-shaking research to predict devastation from earthquakes

The computational science expertise at the Science and Technology Facilities Council's (STFC) Daresbury Laboratory is playing a key role in enabling researchers at the National Autonomous University of Mexico ...

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created Mar 02, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Yellowstone's plumbing exposed

(PhysOrg.com) -- The most detailed seismic images yet published of the plumbing that feeds the Yellowstone supervolcano shows a plume of hot and molten rock rising at an angle from the northwest at a depth ...

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created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (49) | comments 18

Hawaiian hot spot has deep roots

(PhysOrg.com) -- Hawaii may be paradise for vacationers, but for geologists it has long been a puzzle. Plate tectonic theory readily explains the existence of volcanoes at boundaries where plates split apart ...

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created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (11) | comments 1

Sichuan quake was once-in-4,000-year event: scientists

People who were killed, injured or bereaved in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake had the cruel misfortune to be victims of an event that probably occurs just once in four millennia, seismologists said on Sunday.

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created Sep 27, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Taiwan scientist develops earthquake alarm

A Taiwanese scientist has developed an earthquake alarm that could give people a crucial 15-second warning in case of a tremor, one of his team said Wednesday.

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created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New way to track quakes

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Edinburgh scientists have developed a new technique to monitor movements beneath the Earth's surface.

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created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Study reveals seismic shift in methods used to track earthquakes

The team, led by scientists from the University of Edinburgh, says that the new method, which uses data collected from earthquakes, potentially allows the Earth's seismic activity to be mapped more comprehensively.

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created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Improved seismology tools can detect and locate low-yield nuclear explosions

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is leading a joint project with Los Alamos and Sandia national laboratories, as well as the Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC) and Quantum Technology Sciences, ...

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created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0