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Earthquakes Actually Aftershocks Of 19th Century Quakes; Repercussions Of 1811 And 1812 New Madrid Quakes Continue To Be Felt
When small earthquakes shake
the central US, citizens
often fear the rumbles are
signs a big earthquake is
coming. Fortunately, a new
... > full story
Community Education And Evacuation Planning Saved Lives In Sept. 29 Samoan Tsunami
Community-based education
and awareness programs
minimized the death toll
from the recent Samoan
tsunami, according to a team
... > full story
Satellite Imagery Used To Identify Active Magma Systems In East Africa's Rift Valley
Scientists have used images
compiled over a decade to
study volcanic activity in
the African Rift. A new
article focuses on the
... > full story
African Desert Rift Confirmed As New Ocean In The Making
In 2005, a gigantic,
35-mile-long rift broke open
the desert ground in
Ethiopia. At the time, some
geologists believed the rift
was the beginning of a new
... > full story
- Earthquakes Actually Aftershocks Of 19th Century Quakes; Repercussions Of 1811 And 1812 New Madrid Quakes Continue To Be Felt
- Community Education And Evacuation Planning Saved Lives In Sept. 29 Samoan Tsunami
- Satellite Imagery Used To Identify Active Magma Systems In East Africa's Rift Valley
- African Desert Rift Confirmed As New Ocean In The Making
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First Detailed Documentation Of Tsunami Erosion
October 30, 2009 — For the first time, a group of scientists working in the Kuril Islands off the east coast of Russia has documented the scope of tsunami-caused erosion and found that a wave can carry away far more ... > full story -
Underwater Exploration Of The Casablanca Seamount
October 30, 2009 — In October, the hydraulic benthic interactive sampler HyBIS made 10 dives over the Casablanca Seamount, a four-kilometer high seamount located some 300 miles west of ... > full story -
Tsunami Evacuation Buildings: Another Way To Save Lives In The Pacific Northwest
October 28, 2009 — Coastal towns and cities in the northwest are woefully unprepared for a large-scale natural disaster. In response, geotechnical engineers are working to develop a series of tsunami evacuation ... > full story -
Tsunami Waves Reasonably Likely To Strike Israel, Geo-archaeological Research Suggests
October 26, 2009 — There is a likely chance of tsunami waves reaching the shores of Israel, says one researcher, following geoarchaeological research at the port of Caesarea. Tsunami events in the Mediterranean occur ... > full story -
Seismic Noise Unearths Lost Hurricanes
October 20, 2009 — Seismologists have found a new way to piece together the history of hurricanes in the North Atlantic -- by looking back through records of the planet's seismic noise. It's an entirely new way to tap ... > full story -
Secrets Of The Lake Floor Of Lake Maggiore
October 16, 2009 — Topographical surveys of Swiss lake floors have never been performed in such detail before now. With the aid of a sophisticated sonar system, Swiss researchers can produce three-dimensional images ... > full story -
Satellite Data Look Behind The Scenes Of Deadly Earthquake
October 15, 2009 — Using satellite radar data and GPS measurements, Chinese researchers have explained the exceptional geological events leading to the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake that killed nearly 90,000 people in ... > full story -
Giant Impact Near India -- Not Mexico -- May Have Doomed Dinosaurs
October 15, 2009 — A mysterious basin off the coast of India could be the largest, multi-ringed impact crater the world has ever seen. And if a new study is right, it may have been responsible for killing the dinosaurs ... > full story -
Scientists Measure The Rate Of Ascent Of Volcanic Magma
October 8, 2009 — Plinian eruptions are rare but highly explosive volcanic eruptions, which are often preceded by quite short periods of tectonic activity. Researchers in Germany have now been able experimentally to ... > full story -
Coal-mining Hazard Resembles Explosive Volcanic Eruption, Study Shows
October 1, 2009 — Worldwide, thousands of workers die every year from mining accidents, and instantaneous coal outbursts in underground mines are among the major killers. But although scientists have been ... > full story
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