Mega-quakes caused volcanoes to sink, research finds
Massive earthquakes can cause distant volcanoes to sink, according to research in Japan and Chile published on Sunday.
Massive earthquakes can cause distant volcanoes to sink, according to research in Japan and Chile published on Sunday.
Earth Sciences
Jun 30, 2013
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(Phys.org) —In 1700, a massive earthquake struck the west coast of North America. Though it was powerful enough to cause a tsunami as far as Japan, a lack of local documentation has made studying this historic event challenging.
Earth Sciences
May 14, 2013
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In 2009, a massive earthquake struck L'Aquila, Italy, a town two hours north of Rome where generations of families have lived for thousands of years. The quake devastated the community so much that its citizens have not been ...
Engineering
Mar 11, 2013
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Organisers of Tokyo's bid to host the 2020 Olympics said Thursday the Japanese capital was safe, despite fears of earthquakes and the nuclear disaster at Fukushima in 2011.
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 7, 2013
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A research team led by scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has discovered that massive earthquakes in the range of 8 to 8.5 magnitudes on the Richter scale have left clear ground scars in the central Himalayas.
Earth Sciences
Dec 28, 2012
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The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant on Thursday sought yet more money to pay ballooning bills for compensating victims of last year's disaster.
Business
Dec 27, 2012
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Japan's only reprocessing plant for spent nuclear fuel could sit on an active seismic fault vulnerable to a massive earthquake, experts warned Wednesday.
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 19, 2012
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(Phys.org)—Research by Stanford scientists focuses on geologic features and activity in the Himalayas and Pacific Northwest that could mean those areas are primed for major earthquakes.
Earth Sciences
Dec 4, 2012
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Tokyo Tech's Toshihiro Osaragi and colleagues report on models for evacuation procedures in big cities after massive earthquakes based on the behavior of people in Tokyo after the Tohoku-Pacific Ocean Earthquake on 11 March ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 26, 2012
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(AP)—The new chair of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission says she supports a push to re-evaluate the earthquake risks at nuclear power plants.
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 9, 2012
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