Earthquake News

Posted July 17, 2012:

• New Inexpensive Earthquake Resistant Houses

Posted July 5, 2012:

• Toward a Better Understanding of Earthquakes

Posted June 27, 2012:

• Potential for Tsunamis in Northwestern California Documented

Posted June 19, 2012:

• Assessing Olympic Terrorism Threats

Posted June 10, 2012:

• Undersea Volcano Gave Off Signals Before Eruption in 2011

Posted June 1, 2012:

• Plate Tectonics Cannot Explain Dynamics of Earth and Crust Formation More Than Three Billion Years Ago

Posted May 31, 2012:

• 'Like a Jet Through Solid Rock:' Volcanic Arc Fed by Rapid Fluid Pulses

Posted May 30, 2012:

• San Andreas Fault in Santa Cruz Mountains: Large Earthquakes More Frequent Than Previously Thought

Posted May 24, 2012:

• Seismic Hazard: Faults Discovered Near Lake Tahoe Could Generate Earthquakes Ranging from 6.3 to 6.9

Posted May 16, 2012:

• Sumatra Faces Yet Another Risk: Major Volcanic Eruptions

Posted May 10, 2012:

• Greater Insight Into Earthquake Cycles

Posted May 3, 2012:

• Rapid Sierra Nevada Uplift Tracked by Scientists

Posted May 2, 2012:

• First-of-Its-Kind Study Reveals Surprising Ecological Effects of Earthquake and Tsunami

Posted April 25, 2012:

• Researchers Give Long Look at Who Benefits from Nature Tourism

Posted April 24, 2012:

• NASA Tests GPS Monitoring System for Big U.S. Quakes

Posted April 19, 2012:

• Warning Signs from Ancient Greek Tsunami

Posted April 13, 2012:

• Engineers Put Five-Story Building on Seismic Shake Table to Test Earthquake and Fire Readiness

Posted April 12, 2012:

• Tsunami Risk Reduction in the Age of Twitter

Posted March 30, 2012:

• Volcanic 'Plumbing Systems' Exposed: Step Closer to Predicting Large Eruptions With Study of Mid-Ocean Ridge Magma Chambers

Posted March 29, 2012:

• New Seismic Hazard Assessment for Central America
• Pattern of Large Earthquakes on San Jacinto Fault Identified

Posted March 26, 2012:

• Expedition to Undersea Mountain Yields New Information About Sub-Seafloor Structure

Posted March 22, 2012:

• New Light Shed on Wandering Continents
• Seismic Survey at the Mariana Trench Will Follow Water Dragged Down Into the Earth's Mantle

Posted March 13, 2012:

• Santorini: The Ground Is Moving Again in Paradise

Posted March 9, 2012:

• Mapping the Moho With GOCE

Posted March 8, 2012:

• Scientists Detect Seismic Signals from Tornado

Posted March 6, 2012:

• Listening to the 9. 0-Magnitude Japanese Earthquake: Seismic Waves Converted to Audio to Study Quake's Traits

Posted March 2, 2012:

• Fukushima One Year On: Poor Planning Hampered Fukushima Response

Posted March 1, 2012:

• In Space and on Earth, Why Build It, When a Robot Can Build It for You?

Posted February 29, 2012:

• When Continents Collide: New Twist to 50-Million-Year-Old Tale

Posted February 21, 2012:

• Tohoku Grim Reminder of Potential for Pacific Northwest North American Megaquake

Posted February 17, 2012:

• Geoscientists Use Numerical Model to Better Forecast Forces Behind Earthquakes

Posted February 14, 2012:

• Fukushima at Increased Earthquake Risk, Scientists Report
• 'Invisibility' Cloak Could Protect Buildings from Earthquakes

Posted February 11, 2012:

• Human Cognitive Performance Suffers Following Natural Disasters

Posted February 9, 2012:

• 3-D Laser Map Shows Earthquake Before and After
• Seismic Resistance: Model Analyzes Shape-Memory Alloys for Use in Earthquake-Resistant Structures

Posted February 2, 2012:

• New Way to Study Ground Fractures

Posted January 26, 2012:

• 2010 Haiti Quake Possible Start of New Cycle of Seismic Activity

Posted January 10, 2012:

• Chronic Poverty Stalks Haitian Earthquake Victims Still Living in Camps

Posted January 4, 2012:

• Flipped from Head to Toe: 100 Years of Continental Drift Theory
• In Ancient Pompeii, Trash and Tombs Went Hand in Hand

Posted December 13, 2011:

• Nostalgic Consumers Are More Likely to Give to Charity

Posted December 8, 2011:

• Link Between Earthquakes and Tropical Cyclones: New Study May Help Scientists Identify Regions at High Risk for Earthquakes

Posted December 7, 2011:

• Stress in Early Pregnancy Can Lead to Shorter Pregnancies and Fewer Baby Boys

Posted December 5, 2011:

• 'Double Tsunami' Doubled Japan Destruction
• Study of Strong Ground Motion May Show Need to Modify Building Codes

Posted November 30, 2011:

• Earthquakes: Water as a Lubricant
• Earthquake Friction Effect Demonstrated at the Nanoscale

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