My Facebook feed exploded shortly after noon on Dec. 20, 2021, with news from friends and family in northern California: A "big one!" The 6.2 magnitude earthquake they'd just experienced had its epicenter on the coast near ...
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Jan 21, 2022
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The same gravitational force that creates high tides when the Moon and Sun align may also play a role in triggering major earthquakes, according to a study released Monday.
Earth Sciences
Sep 12, 2016
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An international team of scientists has shed new light on the earthquake that devastated Nepal in April 2015, killing more than 8,000 people.
Earth Sciences
Jan 11, 2016
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The activity of the solid Earth—for example, volcanoes in Java, earthquakes in Japan, etc.—is well understood within the context of the ~50-year-old theory of plate tectonics. This theory posits that Earth's outer shell ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 20, 2020
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Major earthquakes - magnitude 8.5 and stronger—occur where faults are mostly flat, say University of Oregon and French geologists. Curvier faults, they report in the journal Science, are less likely to experience earthquakes ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 24, 2016
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Rocks once buried deep in ancient subduction zones—where tectonic plates collide—could help scientists make better predictions of how these zones behave during the years between major earthquakes, according to a research ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 2, 2024
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In 1811 and 1812, the region around New Madrid, Missouri, experienced a number of major earthquakes. The final and largest earthquake in this sequence occurred on the Reelfoot fault, and temporarily changed the course of ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 6, 2018
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With an average of four mini-earthquakes per day, Southern California's San Jacinto fault constantly adjusts to make it a less likely candidate for a major earthquake than its quiet neighbor to the east, the Southern San ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 8, 2009
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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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An extremely large earthquake has occurred in the southeast of Turkey, near the border with Syria. Data from seismometers which measure shaking of the ground caused by earthquake waves suggest this this event, in the early ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 7, 2023
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