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Deep-Sea Drilling Yields Clues To Mega-Earthquakes
December 12, 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 -
New Automated System IDs Victims Of Mass Disasters In Minutes
November 27, 2007 — A new, high-tech identification system developed in Japan will improve accuracy and significantly reduce the time it takes to identify victims of mass disasters, according to a new ... > full story -
2002 Alaskan Quake Left Seven Areas Of California Stirred But Not Shaken
November 22, 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 19, 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 -
'Ultrasound' Of Earth's Crust Reveals Inner Workings Of A Tsunami Factory
November 15, 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 -
Importance Of Mangrove Conservation In Tsunami Prone Regions
October 30, 2007 — Agricultural expansion rather than shrimp farming is the major factor responsible for the destruction of tropical mangrove forests in the tsunami-impacted regions of Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, ... > full story -
Giant Wave Experiment Reveals Poorly Understood Behavior Of Tsunamis
October 14, 2007 — With the goal of saving lives and preventing environmental and structural damage during real tsunamis, Princeton Engineering researchers have been creating experimental mini-tsunamis. Existing models ... > full story -
War More Traumatic Than Tsunami
October 3, 2007 — The long-running civil war in Sri Lanka is causing more mental health problems and social breakdown than the catastrophic 2004 tsunami, according to new research. The terrorisation of many Tamil ... > full story -
Deady Mine 'Bump' Was Recorded As Seismic Event
August 17, 2007 — The University of Utah Seismograph Stations recorded a magnitude-1.6 seismic event at the time of a Thursday, Aug. 16 "bump" that killed and injured rescuers at a Utah coal mine where six miners were ... > full story -
2004 Sumatra Tsunami And Storm-Generated Waves On North America's Atlantic Coast Were Concurrent
August 14, 2007 — The Sumatra-Andaman earthquake generated a catastrophic tsunami that caused heavy damage and fatalities in coastal areas around the Indian Ocean. The tsunami, which struck on 26 December 2004, also ... > full story
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