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Can Intraplate Earthquakes Produce Stronger Shaking Than at Plate Boundaries?
March 20, 2013 — New information about the extent of the 1872 Owens Valley earthquake rupture, which occurs in an area with many small and discontinuous faults, may support a hypothesis that these types of quakes ... > full story -
Roman Mausoleum Tested for Ancient Earthquake Damage
March 20, 2013 — A Roman mausoleum was knocked off-kilter, and the likely cause was an earthquake, according to a new detailed ... > full story -
Scientists Discover 'Lubricant' for Earth's Tectonic Plates: Hidden Magma Layer Could Play Role in Earthquakes
March 20, 2013 — Scientists have found a layer of liquefied molten rock in Earth's mantle that may be acting as a lubricant for the sliding motions of the planet's massive tectonic plates. The discovery may carry ... > full story -
Slabs of Ancient Tectonic Plate Still Lodged Under California
March 18, 2013 — The Isabella anomaly -- the seismic signal of a large mass of cool, dehydrated material about 100 kilometers beneath central California -- is in fact a surviving slab of the Farallon oceanic plate, ... > full story -
How Earthquake Damage Can Impact Building Fire Safety Performance
March 11, 2013 — Damage to building structural elements, elevators, stairs, and fire protection systems caused by the shaking from a major earthquake can play a critical role in the spread of fire, hamper the ability ... > full story -
Sea Floor Earthquake Zones Can Act Like a 'Magnifying Lens' Strengthening Tsunamis Beyond What Was Through Possible
March 7, 2013 — Until now, it was largely believed that the maximum tsunami height onshore could not exceed the depth of the seafloor. But new research shows that when focusing occurs, that scaling relationship ... > full story -
Waves Generated by Russian Meteor Recorded Crossing the US
March 7, 2013 — A network of seismographic stations recorded spectacular signals from the blast waves of the meteor that landed near Chelyabinsk, Russia, as the waves crossed the United ... > full story -
Earthquakes in Small Laboratory Samples
February 21, 2013 — Mechanical failure of materials is a complex phenomenon underlying many accidents and natural disasters ranging from the fracture of small devices to earthquakes. Despite the vast separation of ... > full story -
Quake Test: Can NYC's Row Houses Handle an Earthquake?
February 13, 2013 — Researchers will conduct a rare -- if not unprecedented -- large-scale earthquake simulation to determine how vulnerable New York's unreinforced masonry buildings (row houses) are to ... > full story -
Stress Change During the 2011 Tohoku-Oki Earthquake Illuminated
February 7, 2013 — The March 11, 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake produced the largest slip ever recorded in an earthquake, over 50 meters. Such huge fault movement on the shallow portion of the megathrust boundary came as a ... > full story
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