News tagged with tremors
New data: Mega-quake could strike near Seattle
Using sophisticated seismometers and GPS devices, scientists have been able to track minute movements along two massive tectonic plates colliding 25 miles or so underneath Washington state's Puget Sound basin. Their early ...
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Aug 16, 2009 |
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Tremors on southern San Andreas Fault may mean increased quake risk
(PhysOrg.com) -- Increases in mysterious underground tremors observed in several active earthquake fault zones around the world could signal a build-up of stress at locked segments of the faults and presumably ...
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Jul 09, 2009 |
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Scientists find odd twist in slow 'earthquakes': Tremor running backwards
Earthquake scientists trying to unravel the mysteries of an unfelt, weeks-long seismic phenomenon called episodic tremor and slip have discovered a strange twist. The tremor can suddenly reverse direction ...
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May 22, 2011 |
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Oscillating 'plug' of magma causes tremors that forecast volcanic eruptions
University of British Columbia geophysicists are offering a new explanation for seismic tremors accompanying volcanic eruptions that could advance forecasting of explosive eruptions such as recent events at ...
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Feb 23, 2011 |
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Research links seismic slip and tremor, with implications for subduction zone
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the last decade, scientists have recorded regular episodes of tectonic plates slowly, quietly slipping past each other in western Washington and British Columbia over periods of two weeks or more, releasing ...
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Jan 29, 2009 |
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Trapped water cause of regular tremors under Vancouver Island
University of British Columbia researchers are offering the first compelling evidence to explain regular tremors under Vancouver Island.
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Dec 31, 2008 |
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Sun and moon trigger deep tremors on San Andreas Fault
The faint tug of the sun and moon on the San Andreas Fault stimulates tremors deep underground, suggesting that the rock 15 miles below is lubricated with highly pressurized water that allows the rock to slip with little ...
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Dec 23, 2009 |
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N. Zealand sceptics defy 'Moonman' quake prophecy
Geologists, engineers and like-minded sceptics will meet in earthquake-devastated Christchurch Sunday to mock "junk science" predictions another major tremor will hit the city this weekend.
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Mar 14, 2011 |
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Putting the pieces together
On April 4, 2010, the ground beneath the deserts of Baja California started to rumble, then rip apart, sending tremors throughout a region 40 miles south of the U.S.-Mexico border. In the months that followed, ...
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Aug 09, 2011 |
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Experts: Okla. quakes too powerful to be man-made
(AP) -- Experts say the flurry of earthquakes in Oklahoma can't be blamed on man's thirst for oil and gas.
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Nov 07, 2011 |
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Using new technique, scientists find 11 times more aftershocks for 2004 quake
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using a technique normally used for detecting weak tremor, scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology discovered that the 2004 magnitude 6 earthquake along the Parkfield section of the San Andreas ...
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Nov 23, 2009 |
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Icelandic eruption, ash column 'diminished markedly': expert
Iceland's volcanic eruption as well as the towering column of ash spewing out of it have both declined significantly, an Icelandic seismologist said Monday.
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Apr 19, 2010 |
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Alaska's Mount Redoubt spews ash 50,000 feet high
(AP) -- Alaska's Mount Redoubt has erupted again, spewing an ash cloud 50,000 feet up into the air.
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Mar 28, 2009 |
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'Record births' after New Zealand quake
A record number of babies were born in the aftermath of the powerful 7.0 earthquake that rocked New Zealand this weekend, hospital officials said on Monday.
Sep 06, 2010 |
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French-Turkish researchers detect early quake signals
Franco-Turkish researchers have found that a deadly 1999 earthquake in Turkey was preceded by seismic signals, raising hopes of a predictive system for future tremors as Japan reels from its disaster.
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Mar 23, 2011 |
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Tremor
A tremor is an unintentional, somewhat rhythmic, muscle movement involving to-and-fro movements (oscillations) of one or more body parts. It is the most common of all involuntary movements and can affect the hands, arms, head, face, vocal cords, trunk, and legs. Most tremors occur in the hands. In some people, tremor is a symptom of another neurological disorder. A very common kind of tremor is the chattering of teeth, usually induced by cold temperatures or by fear.
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