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Heightened Earthquake Risk in Indonesia
January 18, 2010 — Geoscientists have issued a warning about heightened earthquake risk in Indonesia. The earthquake which rocked Padang, western Sumatra in September last year killing more than 1000 people was not the ... > full story -
Earthquake Risk: Seismic Gap South of Istanbul Poses Extreme Danger
January 18, 2010 — The chain of earthquakes along the North Anatolian fault shows a gap south of Istanbul. The expected earthquakes in this region represent an extreme danger for the Turkish megacity. A new computer ... > full story -
Haiti Earthquake Occurred in Complex, Active Seismic Region
January 14, 2010 — The magnitude 7.0 earthquake that triggered disastrous destruction and mounting death tolls in Haiti this week occurred in a highly complex tangle of tectonic faults near the intersection of the ... > full story -
Magnitude 7.0 Earthquake Hits Haiti
January 12, 2010 — The January 12, 2010, Haiti earthquake occurred in the boundary region separating the Caribbean plate and the North America plate. This plate boundary is dominated by left-lateral strike slip motion ... > full story -
Earthquakes Cause Over 1700 Deaths in 2009
January 13, 2010 — At least 1783 deaths worldwide resulted from earthquake activity in 2009. Overall, earthquakes took the lives of people in 15 countries on four ... > full story -
Major Offshore Quake Could Surge Inland to Seattle Area
December 30, 2009 — Large megathrust earthquakes occur on average every 550 years on the northern Cascadia subduction zone, where the Juan de Fuca tectonic plate subducts underneath the North American plate off the ... > full story -
Going Vertical: Fleeing Tsunamis by Moving Up, Not out
December 14, 2009 — When the next big earthquake strikes Indonesia, a tsunami could follow close behind, killing thousands of people stuck in traffic jams while attempting to evacuate. Researchers suggest lives can be ... > full story -
New Study Cites Lower Rate of Earthquakes Along Some Subduction Zones
December 4, 2009 — As the relative speed of the plates around a fault increases, is there a corresponding increase in the number of earthquakes produced along the fault? According to a new study, the answer depends ... > full story -
Community Education And Evacuation Planning Saved Lives In Sept. 29 Samoan Tsunami
November 5, 2009 — Community-based education and awareness programs minimized the death toll from the recent Samoan tsunami, according to a team of researchers that traveled to Samoa last month. Funded by a National ... > full story -
First Detailed Documentation Of Tsunami Erosion
October 28, 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
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