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Forecasting Tsunami Threats Through Layers Of Sand And Time
Azhii peralai: from the deep
... large waves. This is the
expression for 'tsunami' in
Tamil, the oldest language
in southern India. For an
ancient dialect to have its
... > full story
NOAA Launches Final Two Buoys To Complete U.S. Tsunami Warning System
NOAA has just deployed the
final two tsunami detection
buoys in the South Pacific,
completing the buoy network
and bolstering the U.S.
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Core Samples From Subsea Fault System Off Japan Will Help Explain How Earthquakes Are Generated
Scientists aboard IODP
scientific drilling vessel
Chikyu collected 5,000
samples from the seismogenic
zone known as the Nankai
... > full story
Making Accurate Predictions Of Tsunami Risks
Researchers evaluated all
known potential
tsunami-generating sources
in the Indian Ocean basin,
and then calculated the
impact of the waves they can
... > full story
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One Year After Solomon Islands, Scientists Learn Barrier To Earthquakes Weaker Than Expected
April 7, 2008 — On the one year anniversary of a devastating earthquake and tsunami in the Solomon Islands that killed 52 people, scientists are revising their understanding of the potential for similar giant ... > full story -
Earthquakes At Edges Of Tectonic Plates Can Trigger Second Earthquakes At Different Time And Place
February 4, 2008 — Earthquakes occurring at the edges of tectonic plates can trigger events at a distance and much later in time. These doublet earthquakes may hold an underestimated hazard, but may also shed light on ... > full story -
Innovative Method Improves Tsunami Warning Systems, Offers New Insights
January 29, 2008 — A wave of new NASA research on tsunamis has yielded an innovative method to improve existing tsunami warning systems, and a potentially groundbreaking new theory on the source of the December 2004 ... > full story -
Strong Variations In Tectonic Stresses Discovered In Earthquake Prone Area Near Japan
January 22, 2008 — Earth scientists have reported the discovery of a strong variation in the tectonic stresses in a region of the Pacific Ocean notorious for generating devastating earthquakes and tsunamis in ... > full story -
Sound Waves Can Trigger Earthquake Aftershocks
January 3, 2008 — Using a novel device that simulates earthquakes in a laboratory setting, scientists have shown that seismic waves -- the sounds radiated from earthquakes -- can induce earthquake aftershocks, often ... > full story -
Status Quo Of The Tsunami Early Warning System For The Indian Ocean
January 3, 2008 — The German-Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System for the Indian Ocean runs on track. Main milestones like the development of the automatic data processing software SeisComP3, as well as the ... > full story -
Deep-sea Drilling Yields Clues To Mega-earthquakes
December 18, 2007 — Researchers fresh from an eight-week scientific drilling expedition off the Pacific coast of Japan have reported their discovery of strong variation in the tectonic stresses in a region notorious for ... > full story -
'Ultrasound' Of Earth's Crust Reveals Inner Workings Of A Tsunami Factory
November 27, 2007 — Research by geoscientists may explain why part of the seafloor near the southwest coast of Japan generates devastating tsunamis, such as the 1944 Tonankai event, which killed at least 1,200 people. ... > full story -
2002 Alaskan Quake Left Seven Areas Of California Stirred But Not Shaken
November 23, 2007 — New research has found evidence of tremors along non-subduction zone faults in seven California locations immediately following the magnitude 7.8 Denali earthquake in Alaska on Nov. 3, 2002. The ... > full story -
Data Transfer For Tsunami Early Warning System Successfully Tested
November 22, 2007 — In order to extend alert times and avoid false alarms, a new seafloor pressure recording system has been designed to detect tsunamis shortly after their development in the open ... > full story
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