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1700 Japan Tsunami Linked To Massive North American Quake
November 21, 2003 — Guided by Japanese writings from an era of shoguns, an international team of scientists today reported new evidence that an earthquake of magnitude 9 struck the northwestern United States and ... > full story -
Japanese Shipwreck Adds To Evidence Of Great Cascadia Earthquake In 1700
October 31, 2003 — Evidence has mounted for nearly 20 years that a great earthquake ripped the seafloor off the Washington coast in 1700, long before there were any written records in the region. Now, a newly ... > full story -
Massive Tsunami Sweeps Atlantic Coast In Asteroid Impact Scenario For March 16, 2880
May 28, 2003 — If an asteroid crashes into the Earth, it is likely to splash down somewhere in the oceans that cover 70 percent of the planet's surface. Huge tsunami waves, spreading out from the impact site ... > full story -
Worried About Asteroid-Ocean Impacts? Don't Sweat The Small Stuff
March 18, 2003 — The idea that even small asteroids can create hazardous tsunamis may at last be pretty well washed up. Small asteroids do not make great ocean waves that will devastate coastal areas for miles ... > full story -
New Wave Supercomputers Catch Big Waves
June 6, 2002 — The new wave in computing - super-fast machines churning out three-dimensional models viewable in high-tech, immersive theaters - may teach us more about the big waves that sometimes threaten people ... > full story -
Silent Earthquake In Hawaii Offers Clues To Early Detection Of Catastrophic Tsunamis
February 28, 2002 — A slow-moving earthquake recently observed on Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano could become a model for predicting catastrophic tsunamis in the Pacific, according to a new study by geophysicists from ... > full story -
Tsunami Researcher Makes Big Splash With Landslide Model
February 1, 2002 — When University of Rhode Island ocean engineering professor Stephan Grilli says he’s making waves with his research, he’s not kidding. He uses a 30-meter wave tank to simulate landslides ... > full story -
University Of Rhode Island Volcanologists’ Analysis Of 1883 Krakatau Eruption Helps Assess Volcanic Hazards
December 18, 2001 — Large-scale explosive eruptions from volcanoes located close to the sea often generate tsunamis that can carry volcanic fallout or flow material from such events onto distant coastal areas. URI ... > full story -
Geologist Finds Lost Island In Santa Barbara Channel
October 24, 2001 — An island submerged for more than 13,000 years has been discovered beneath the ocean's surface about halfway between the Santa Barbara Harbor and one of the existing Santa Barbara Channel Islands ... > full story -
University Of Michigan Researchers To Help Build Virtual Engineering Laboratory For Better Quakeproofing
September 5, 2001 — A team that includes University of Michigan School of Information researchers will receive $10 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to build a virtual laboratory, or ... > full story
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