Earthquake News

Posted November 11, 2009:

• Community Education And Evacuation Planning Saved Lives In Sept. 29 Samoan Tsunami

Posted November 9, 2009:

• Deep Creep Means Milder, More Frequent Earthquakes Along Southern California's San Jacinto Fault

Posted November 5, 2009:

• Earthquakes Actually Aftershocks Of 19th Century Quakes; Repercussions Of 1811 And 1812 New Madrid Quakes Continue To Be Felt

Posted November 3, 2009:

• African Desert Rift Confirmed As New Ocean In The Making

Posted October 30, 2009:

• First Detailed Documentation Of Tsunami Erosion

Posted October 28, 2009:

• Tsunami Evacuation Buildings: Another Way To Save Lives In The Pacific Northwest

Posted October 20, 2009:

• Seismic Noise Unearths Lost Hurricanes
• West Antarctic Ice Sheet May Not Be Losing Ice As Fast As Once Thought

Posted October 15, 2009:

• Satellite Data Look Behind The Scenes Of Deadly Earthquake
• Scientists Obtain Rocks Moving Into Seismogenic Zone

Posted October 1, 2009:

• New Way To Monitor Faults May Help Predict Earthquakes

Posted September 30, 2009:

• San Andreas Affected By 2004 Sumatran Quake; Largest Quakes Can Weaken Fault Zones Worldwide

Posted September 24, 2009:

• Acute Impact On Brain Function In Earthquake Survivors

Posted September 14, 2009:

• First Complete Image Created Of Himalayan Fault, Subduction Zone

Posted September 12, 2009:

• Plastic Surgeons Should Be Part Of Disaster Relief Planning, Response

Posted September 11, 2009:

• Seismic Shift In Methods Used To Track Earthquakes

Posted September 4, 2009:

• New Design Keeps Buildings Standing And Habitable After Major Earthquakes
• Scientists Return From First Ever Riser Drilling Operations In Seismogenic Zone

Posted September 1, 2009:

• Listening To Rocks Helps Researchers Better Understand Earthquakes

Posted August 28, 2009:

• Slowly Slip-sliding Faults Don't Cause Earthquakes, Study Suggests
• Slow-motion Earthquake Testing Probes How Buildings Collapse In Quakes

Posted August 26, 2009:

• After An Earthquake: Watching Over The Water System

Posted August 24, 2009:

• Faults And Earthquakes In China Monitored From Space

Posted August 21, 2009:

• Ocean-drilling Expedition Cites New Evidence Related To Origin And Evolution Of Seismogenic Faults

Posted August 20, 2009:

• New Zealand's Subduction Zones: To Shake The Earth Just Add Water
• Scientists Create First Three-dimensional Global Map Of Electrical Conductivity In Earth's Mantle

Posted August 19, 2009:

• Successful Completion Of First Riser-drilling Operations In Earthquake Zone

Posted August 18, 2009:

• Revised Understanding Of San Andreas Fault Geometry Near Desert Hot Springs

Posted August 12, 2009:

• NASA Goes Inside A Volcano, Monitors Activity

Posted August 9, 2009:

• No Daily Or Weekly Pattern To Earthquakes In Western U.S.

Posted August 3, 2009:

• Newly Discovered Faults Illuminate Earthquake Hazard Along San Andreas

Posted August 1, 2009:

• Extraterrestrial Platinum Was 'Stirred' Into Earth

Posted July 28, 2009:

• Sichuan Earthquake Destroyed Nearly A Quarter Of Panda Habitat Near Quake's Epicenter

Posted July 20, 2009:

• Risk Of Huge Pacific Ocean Tsunami On West Coast Of America Greater Than Previously Thought
• 'Invisibility Cloak' Could Protect Against Earthquakes

Posted July 16, 2009:

• Scientists Find Tsunami 'Shadow' Visible From Space

Posted July 13, 2009:

• Tremors On Southern San Andreas Fault May Mean Increased Earthquake Risk
• Earth Hotspot Poorly Imaged

Posted July 6, 2009:

• Natural Deep Earth Pump Fuels Earthquakes And Ore

Posted June 23, 2009:

• Alaskan Earthquake 'To Be Expected,' Says Researcher

Posted June 16, 2009:

• Do And Don't Of Building In Hurricane-prone Areas
• Earthquake Faults Through Downtown Reno, Nevada

Posted June 15, 2009:

• Predicted Ground Motions For Great Earthquake In Pacific Northwest: Seattle, Victoria And Vancouver

Posted June 12, 2009:

• Typhoons Trigger Slow Earthquakes

Posted June 4, 2009:

• Sichuan Province Earthquake, China: Coseismic Reverse- And Oblique-slip Surface Faulting Generated By The Earthquake

Posted April 30, 2009:

• Lake Tahoe Region In U.S. May Be Due For Major Earthquake
• Fingerprinting Slow Earthquakes And How They Relate To The Big One

Posted April 27, 2009:

• Rotational Seismology May Soon Play Significant Role In Seismology And Earthquake Engineering

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