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New Inexpensive Earthquake Resistant Houses
July 17, 2012 — Researchers have successfully tested a new system to build earthquake resistant houses of high interest to third world countries with ... > full story -
Toward a Better Understanding of Earthquakes
July 5, 2012 — The earth is shaken daily by strong earthquakes recorded by a number of seismic stations worldwide. Tectonic tremor, however, is a new type of seismic signal that seismologist started studying only ... > full story -
Potential for Tsunamis in Northwestern California Documented
June 27, 2012 — Using studies that span the last three decades, scientists have compiled the first evidence-based comprehensive study of the potential for tsunamis in Northwestern ... > full story -
Assessing Olympic Terrorism Threats
June 19, 2012 — Experts say that the 2012 Olympic Games to be held in London in July and August represent a potential terrorist threat as the successor to the late Osama bin Laden and a medical doctor himself, ... > full story -
Undersea Volcano Gave Off Signals Before Eruption in 2011
June 10, 2012 — A team of scientists that last year created waves by correctly forecasting the 2011 eruption of Axial Seamount years in advance now says that the undersea volcano located some 250 miles off the ... > full story -
Plate Tectonics Cannot Explain Dynamics of Earth and Crust Formation More Than Three Billion Years Ago
June 1, 2012 — The current theory of continental drift provides a good model for understanding terrestrial processes through history. However, while plate tectonics is able to successfully shed light on processes ... > full story -
'Like a Jet Through Solid Rock:' Volcanic Arc Fed by Rapid Fluid Pulses
May 31, 2012 — The depths of Earth are anything but peaceful: large quantities of liquids carve their way through the rock as fluids, causing magma to form. Scientists have now shown that the fluids flow a lot ... > full story -
San Andreas Fault in Santa Cruz Mountains: Large Earthquakes More Frequent Than Previously Thought
May 30, 2012 — New research studies indicate that the Santa Cruz region produces large earthquakes more frequently than previously ... > full story -
Seismic Hazard: Faults Discovered Near Lake Tahoe Could Generate Earthquakes Ranging from 6.3 to 6.9
May 24, 2012 — Results of a new US Geological Survey study conclude that faults west of Lake Tahoe, Calif., referred to as the Tahoe-Sierra frontal fault zone, pose a substantial increase in the seismic hazard ... > full story -
Sumatra Faces Yet Another Risk: Major Volcanic Eruptions
May 16, 2012 — The early April earthquake of magnitude 8.6 that shook Sumatra was a grim reminder of the devastating earthquakes and tsunami that killed tens of thousands of people in 2004 and 2005. Now a new study ... > full story
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