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Tsunami Risk Higher in Los Angeles, Other Major Cities Than Thought, Haiti Study Suggests
October 10, 2010 — Geologists studying the Jan. 12 Haiti earthquake say the risk of destructive tsunamis is higher than expected in places such as Kingston, Istanbul, and Los Angeles. This latest research suggests even ... > full story -
U.S. Tsunami Detection Improves, but Coastal Areas Still Vulnerable, Report Finds
September 17, 2010 — The nation's ability to detect and forecast tsunamis has improved since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, but current efforts are still not sufficient to meet challenges posed by tsunamis generated near ... > full story -
The Biggest Crash on Earth: India Slides Under Tibet, but How?
September 16, 2010 — During the collision of India with the Eurasian continent, the Indian plate was pushed about 500 kilometers under Tibet, reaching a depth of 250 kilometers. The result of this largest collision in ... > full story -
Tectonic Zip: Predictable Events of the February 2010 Earthquake in Chile
September 9, 2010 — The complex fracture pattern created by the earthquake in Concepción (Chile) on February 27, 2010 was to a certain extent predictable. GPS observations from the years before the earthquake ... > full story -
Natural Disasters Do Not Necessarily Create Peace, Research Finds
September 2, 2010 — A devastating tsunami hit southern Asia in December 2004. After the tsunami, both politicians and journalists believed that the natural disaster could help to bring peace to Sri Lanka and the Aceh ... > full story -
Predicting Waves of Large Amplitude for Tsunami Warning Systems
August 19, 2010 — Navigators know that the shape of surface waves provides information about the strength of underlying water currents. This common seafarer’s knowledge is now the object of the scientific ... > full story -
Deadly Samoa-Tonga Earthquake Concealed Two Other Quakes, Seismic Sleuths Discover
August 18, 2010 — A magnitude-8.1 earthquake and tsunami that killed 192 people last year in Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga was more complicated than initially thought: The 8.1 "great earthquake" concealed and ... > full story -
Massive Coral Mortality Following Bleaching in Indonesia
August 16, 2010 — Initial field observations indicate that a dramatic rise in the surface temperature in Indonesian waters has resulted in a large-scale bleaching event that has devastated coral ... > full story -
Sri Lankan Children Affected by War, Tsunami, Daily Stressors
July 15, 2010 — Two studies on Sri Lankan children affected by trauma found that both daily stressors and traumatic events contribute to children's psychological health. The first study, of 400 adolescents who ... > full story -
Geoscientists Find Clues to Why First Sumatran Earthquake Was Deadlier Than Second
July 8, 2010 — An international team of geoscientists has uncovered geological differences between two segments of an earthquake fault that may explain why the 2004 Sumatra Boxing Day Tsunami was so much more ... > full story -
NASA Demonstrates Tsunami Prediction System
June 14, 2010 — A NASA-led research team has successfully demonstrated for the first time elements of a prototype tsunami prediction system that quickly and accurately assesses large earthquakes and estimates the ... > full story -
Odds Are About 1-in-3 That Mega-Earthquake Will Hit Pacific Northwest in Next 50 Years, Scientists Say
May 24, 2010 — The major earthquakes that devastated Chile earlier this year and which triggered the catastrophic Indonesian tsunami of 2004 are more than just a distinct possibility to strike the Pacific Northwest ... > full story
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