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Earth Sciences Mar 1, 2021

Innovative approach for investigating subduction slip budgets

The Nankai subduction zone hugs the southeastern curve of Japan and is one of the most seismologically active regions on the planet. The combination of the region's short seismic cycle—great earthquakes (magnitude 8 or greater) ...

Earth Sciences Feb 26, 2021

Melting ocean mud helps prevent major earthquakes—and may show where quake risk is highest

The largest and most destructive earthquakes on the planet happen in places where two tectonic plates collide. In our new research, published today in Nature Communications, we have produced new models of where and how rocks ...

Earth Sciences Feb 26, 2021

Using deep-sea fiber optic cables to detect earthquakes

Seismologists at Caltech working with optics experts at Google have developed a method to use existing underwater telecommunication cables to detect earthquakes. The technique could lead to improved earthquake and tsunami ...

Earth Sciences Feb 16, 2021

Slow motion precursors give earthquakes the fast slip

At a glacier near the South Pole, earth scientists have found evidence of a quiet, slow-motion fault slip that triggers strong, fast-slip earthquakes many miles away, according to Cornell University research published in ...

Earth Sciences Feb 16, 2021

Past earthquakes triggered large rockslides in the Eastern Alps

Geologists from the University of Innsbruck shed new light on a long-lasting debate about the trigger mechanism of large rockslides. Lake mud in two Alpine lakes in Tyrol reveal that rare strong earthquakes are the final ...

Earth Sciences Feb 16, 2021

Fujitsu leverages world's fastest supercomputer and AI to predict tsunami flooding

A new AI model that harnesses the power of the world's fastest supercomputer, Fugaku, can rapidly predict tsunami flooding in coastal areas before the tsunami reaches land.

Environment Feb 10, 2021

Strong earthquake shakes western Indonesia; no tsunami alert

A strong undersea earthquake shook western Indonesia on Wednesday, but no injuries were immediately reported.

Earth Sciences Feb 9, 2021

Fifty years ago, a major earthquake shifted the course of seismology in SoCal

The 1971 San Fernando quake led the USGS and Caltech to join forces, expanding seismic monitoring through the region

Earth Sciences Feb 4, 2021

Tiny 'micro' earthquakes turn groundwater acidic

Tiny earthquakes, too small to be felt on the Earth's surface, create chemical changes which turn groundwater acidic, according to newly-published research at the University of Strathclyde.

Earth Sciences Jan 27, 2021

New report charts path toward superior earthquake recovery

For the last century, seismic building codes and practices have primarily focused on saving lives by reducing the likelihood of significant damage or structural collapse. Recovery of critical functions provided by buildings ...

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