The potential for major earthquakes around the southern end of the Gulf of Aqaba may be lower than geophysicists feared. Separate studies by two students, using quite different approaches but arriving at similar findings, ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 25, 2021
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A 7.1-magnitude earthquake that struck southern Mexico this week originated near a section of a fault that experts worry has been building up tension for more than a century.
Environment
Sep 9, 2021
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Earthquakes typically last only a few seconds, although sometimes the shifts in the subsurface occur in slow motion. Understanding these 'slow quakes', known as 'slow slip events', and their interplay with the short—sometimes ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 12, 2021
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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 ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 1, 2021
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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.
Earth Sciences
Feb 16, 2021
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The 1971 San Fernando quake led the USGS and Caltech to join forces, expanding seismic monitoring through the region
Earth Sciences
Feb 9, 2021
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China and Nepal jointly announced a new official height for Mount Everest on Tuesday, ending a discrepancy between the two nations.
Earth Sciences
Dec 8, 2020
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Sylvain Barbot is trying to do what can't be done yet: reliably predict earthquakes. The assistant professor at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences knows that it's impossible—at least not yet. But he ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 7, 2020
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Researchers at the University of Washington, Portland State University and the University of Oregon have shown that deep-seated landslides in the central Oregon Coast Range are triggered mostly by rainfall, not by large offshore ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 16, 2020
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Otago researchers examining the impacts of post-earthquake cordons on residents and businesses say policy makers should pre-plan for cordon use to minimize negative outcomes.
Political science
Sep 3, 2020
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