Earthquake News

Posted February 22, 2011:

• New Zealand Earthquake Damage Illustrates Risks Posed by Shallow Crustal Faults
• Brain's 'Reward' Center Also Responds to Bad Experiences

Posted February 20, 2011:

• Testing the Limits of Where Humans Can Live

Posted February 18, 2011:

• Izmit Earthquake (Turkey): Early Warning Signals Detected for the First Time

Posted February 10, 2011:

• Identifying Large Hurricanes Through Seismology
• Los Angeles Basin Long Overdue for Major Earthquake: Lake-Effect Theory Sinks, but Quake Timing Questions Go on

Posted February 8, 2011:

• Next Large Central US Earthquake May Not Be Along New Madrid Fault Lines

Posted January 20, 2011:

• Haiti Cholera Outbreak: Researchers Work Towards Pharmacological Targets for Cholera

Posted January 18, 2011:

• Special Sugar, Nanoparticles Combine to Detect Cholera Toxin
• Storms, Soccer Matches Hidden in Seismometer Noise

Posted January 17, 2011:

• Haiti Dominates Earthquake Fatalities in 2010
• ARkStorm: California’s Other 'Big One'

Posted January 14, 2011:

• Donating to Disaster Victims: What Makes Us Reach for Our Wallets?

Posted January 13, 2011:

• 100-Year-Old Specimens at California Museum Help Determine When Avian Pox Hit Galapagos

Posted January 12, 2011:

• Extent of Corruption in Countries Around the World Tied to Earthquake Fatalities

Posted January 6, 2011:

• Deep Interior of Moon Resembles Earth's Core

Posted January 4, 2011:

• Recycled Haitian Concrete Can Be Safe, Strong and Less Expensive, Researchers Say

Posted December 23, 2010:

• Six Years After the 2004 Tsunami Disaster, Technical Setup of the Early Warning Sysem Completed
• Back to the Dead Sea: Climate Change Study Digs Into Half a Million Years of History

Posted December 22, 2010:

• Drilling Project in the Dead Sea Aimed at Climate History and History of Humankind

Posted December 20, 2010:

• Mexico Quake Studies Uncover Surprises for California

Posted December 17, 2010:

• As Earthquakes Take Their Toll, Engineers Look at Enhancing Building Designs

Posted December 16, 2010:

• Geologist Develops Improved Seismic Model for Monitoring Nuclear Explosions in Middle East

Posted December 15, 2010:

• Positive Mood Allows Human Brain to Think More Creatively

Posted December 14, 2010:

• Geologist's Discoveries Resolve Debate About Oxygen in Earth's Mantle

Posted December 13, 2010:

• 'Array of Arrays' Coaxing Secrets from Unfelt Seismic Tremor Events
• Earthshaking Possibilities May Limit Underground Storage of Carbon Dioxide

Posted December 10, 2010:

• Assessing the Seismic Hazard of the Central Eastern United States

Posted December 2, 2010:

• Researchers Find Mathematical Patterns to Forecast Earthquakes

Posted November 30, 2010:

• Could 135,000 Laptops Help Solve the Energy Challenge?
• How Earthquakes Can Be Predicted: Researchers Reveal New Means

Posted November 22, 2010:

• 'M8' Earthquake Simulation Breaks Computational Records, Promises Better Quake Models

Posted November 18, 2010:

• Panama Canal, Panama City at Risk of Large Earthquake, Says New Research
• Ten Years of Soufriere Hills Volcano Research

Posted November 9, 2010:

• Foucault Revisited: Argentinean Scientists Show How to Build a Pendulum for Any Classroom

Posted October 27, 2010:

• Speed Gun for Earth's Insides to Help Measure Mantle Motion

Posted October 25, 2010:

• Haiti Earthquake Caused by Unknown Fault; Blamed Fault Ready to Produce Large Earthquake
• Quakes Don't Completely Shake China's Environmental Gains, Thanks to Conservation Programs

Posted October 18, 2010:

• Study of Haiti Quake Yields Surprising Results
• Earth's Deep Water Cycle Needs Revision, Geophysicists Claim

Posted October 10, 2010:

• Tsunami Risk Higher in Los Angeles, Other Major Cities Than Thought, Haiti Study Suggests

Posted October 7, 2010:

• Mystery of Italy's Mount Etna Explained?

Posted October 5, 2010:

• How Rainfall Variation Can Trigger Earthquakes

Posted October 3, 2010:

• Pediatric Field Hospital in Haiti Provides Lessons in Disaster Planning and Response
• Operation Unified Response: Three Phases of Disaster Care in Haiti

Posted September 30, 2010:

• Offshore San Andreas Fault and Associated Ecosystems Mapped

Posted September 28, 2010:

• Geologists Find Parts of Northwest Houston, Texas Sinking Rapidly
• Designer’s Door Could Prove a Real Lifesaver in Earthquake Emergency

Posted September 26, 2010:

• Pinpointing Where Volcanic Eruptions Could Strike

Posted September 22, 2010:

• Computer Simulations of Real Earthquakes Made Available to Worldwide Network

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