News tagged with temblor
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New theory of why midcontinent faults produce earthquakes
A new theory developed at Purdue University may solve the mystery of why the New Madrid fault, which lies in the middle of the continent and not along a tectonic plate boundary, produces large earthquakes such as the ones ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 30, 2010 |
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There's a hole in this possible earthquake pattern
As University of California at Davis physicist and geologist John Rundle ponders the map of recent California earthquakes, he sees visions of a doughnut even Homer J. Simpson wouldn't like.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 22, 2010 |
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After Haiti, Worries About Other Big Quakes
In the last several days, while the attention of the world has been focused on the human toll of Tuesday's earthquake in Haiti, scientists have begun to look at the quake's geological toll. What is the danger ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 18, 2010 |
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Time to shift view of seismic risk - experts
Knowledge of seismic risk is badly skewed in favour of earthquakes that occur on plate boundaries, such as the March 11 temblor that hit northeast Japan, rather than those that strike deep inland, a pair of ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 22, 2011 |
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Trial opens against scientists for Italy quake
Seven scientists and other experts went on trial on manslaughter charges Tuesday for allegedly failing to sufficiently warn residents before a devastating earthquake that killed more than 300 people in central ...
Sep 20, 2011 |
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Big quakes no more likely than in past: study
Massive earthquakes are no more likely today than they were a century ago, despite an apparent rise of the devastating temblors in recent years, US researchers said on Monday.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 19, 2011 |
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Latest quake highlights Los Angeles seismic danger
(AP) -- The latest earthquake to hit the nation's second-largest city was a garden-variety temblor by California standards, rumbling through on a Sunday evening when most residents were home eating dinner ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 19, 2009 |
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Earthquake simulation shows off the potential for safer bridges (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- With a series of computer-controlled earthquakes, simulating some of the most devastating in recent memory, Berkeley engineers Wednesday showed off new technology designed to keep bridges not just from collapsing ...
May 27, 2010 |
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Haiti should brace for more devastating quakes: study
The 2010 earthquake that devastated southern Haiti may have opened a new era of seismic activity and residents should brace for more massive temblors, said a US study on Thursday.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 26, 2012 |
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Excavation unravels mysteries of men's gymnasium's demise during 1906 earthquake
More than a year into an excavation project of the men's gymnasium that was destroyed by the 1906 earthquake, Stanford university archaeologist Laura Jones' team has unearthed evidence suggesting why the newly ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 10, 2009 |
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Japan quake loaded stress on fault closer to Tokyo
The recent monster quake that hit northeastern Japan altered the earth's surface, geologists say, loading stress onto a different segment of the fault line much closer to Tokyo.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 21, 2011 |
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Jaded West Coast chuckles over East Coast quake
Soon after the lunch plates stopped rattling and books stopped thumping to the floor, shaken easterners could hear another sound from Tuesday's magnitude-5.8 quake: snickering emanating from the opposite side ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 24, 2011 |
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Colossal quake may hit Sumatra in 30 years: geologist
A colossal earthquake may hit Indonesia's Sumatra island within 30 years, triggering a tsunami and making last month's deadly temblor look tiny by comparison, a geologist has warned.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 15, 2009 |
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Strong quake jolts Chile; magnitude 6.8
(AP) -- A magnitude-6.8 earthquake struck central Chile Friday, centered in almost exactly the same spot where last year's magnitude-8.8 quake spawned a tsunami and devastated coastal communities.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 12, 2011 |
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UCLA researchers shake model levee, for peat's sake
The earth rippled and squirmed on this Delta island Monday. It did not yawn open, but did reignite a debate about the seismic safety of levees in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 02, 2011 |
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