Tsunami News

Posted November 4, 2009:

• Community Education And Evacuation Planning Saved Lives In Sept. 29 Samoan Tsunami

Posted October 30, 2009:

• First Detailed Documentation Of Tsunami Erosion

Posted October 28, 2009:

• Tsunami Evacuation Buildings: Another Way To Save Lives In The Pacific Northwest

Posted October 26, 2009:

• Tsunami Waves Reasonably Likely To Strike Israel, Geo-archaeological Research Suggests

Posted October 1, 2009:

• New Way To Monitor Faults May Help Predict Earthquakes

Posted September 30, 2009:

• San Andreas Affected By 2004 Sumatran Quake; Largest Quakes Can Weaken Fault Zones Worldwide

Posted September 1, 2009:

• Listening To Rocks Helps Researchers Better Understand Earthquakes

Posted August 21, 2009:

• Ocean-drilling Expedition Cites New Evidence Related To Origin And Evolution Of Seismogenic Faults

Posted July 20, 2009:

• Risk Of Huge Pacific Ocean Tsunami On West Coast Of America Greater Than Previously Thought

Posted July 16, 2009:

• Scientists Find Tsunami 'Shadow' Visible From Space

Posted June 23, 2009:

• Alaskan Earthquake 'To Be Expected,' Says Researcher

Posted April 30, 2009:

• Past Tsunamis? Contrary To Recent Hypothesis, 'Chevrons' Are Not Evidence Of Megatsunamis
• Lake Tahoe Region In U.S. May Be Due For Major Earthquake

Posted April 28, 2009:

• New Blow Against Dinosaur-killing Asteroid Theory, Geologists Find

Posted April 21, 2009:

• Caribbean At Risk Of Tsunami, Disaster Experts Warn
• Mangrove Forests Save Lives In Storms, Study Of 1999 Super Cyclone Finds

Posted April 18, 2009:

• Tectonic Events Behind Earthquake That Killed 595 In Peru

Posted April 17, 2009:

• Solomon Islands Earthquake Sheds Light On Enhanced Tsunami Risk

Posted April 14, 2009:

• Why Earthquake Waves Spread Unevenly

Posted April 6, 2009:

• Mathematicians Provide New Insight Into Tsunamis

Posted February 27, 2009:

• Locations Of Strain, Slip Identified In Major Earthquake Fault

Posted February 19, 2009:

• New Monitoring Stations Detect 'Silent Earthquakes' In Costa Rica

Posted February 2, 2009:

• Mega-earthquake Risk For West Coast, US And Canada? Seismic Slip Linked To Tremor, With Implications For Subduction Zone

Posted January 29, 2009:

• Early Warning Systems Underestimate Magnitude Of Large Earthquakes

Posted January 14, 2009:

• New Technology Needed To Monitor Rain Forest Destruction

Posted December 24, 2008:

• Great Indian Ocean Earthquake Of 2004 Set Off Tremors In San Andreas Fault

Posted December 4, 2008:

• Another Large Earthquake Off Coast Of Sumatra Likely

Posted November 27, 2008:

• During The Boxing Day Tsunami, The Local Population In Sri Lanka Was Pushed Aside By Foreign Aid Workers, Study Suggests

Posted November 11, 2008:

• New Approach In Tsunami-early Warning System

Posted October 31, 2008:

• Evidence Of Tsunamis On Indian Ocean Shores Long Before 2004

Posted September 29, 2008:

• Tsunami Invisibility Cloak Could Make Structures 'Disappear'

Posted September 25, 2008:

• World’s Largest Tsunami Debris Discovered

Posted September 11, 2008:

• May 2008 Earthquake In China Could Be Followed By Another Significant Rupture

Posted August 27, 2008:

• Earthquake Zone Off Oregon Coast Surprisingly Active

Posted August 14, 2008:

• Exploring Sichuan Fault

Posted July 27, 2008:

• Ocean Surface A Boon For Extreme Event Forecasts, Warnings

Posted July 14, 2008:

• Improved Tsunami Early Warning With New Software System

Posted July 7, 2008:

• Geologists Study China Earthquake For Glimpse Into Future

Posted May 29, 2008:

• Stress Buildup Precedes Large Sumatra Earthquakes: When Can We Expect The Next One?

Posted May 26, 2008:

• Big Earthquakes Spark Jolts Worldwide

Posted April 7, 2008:

• One Year After Solomon Islands, Scientists Learn Barrier To Earthquakes Weaker Than Expected

Posted March 21, 2008:

• Forecasting Tsunami Threats Through Layers Of Sand And Time

Posted March 13, 2008:

• NOAA Launches Final Two Buoys To Complete U.S. Tsunami Warning System

Posted February 11, 2008:

• Core Samples From Subsea Fault System Off Japan Will Help Explain How Earthquakes Are Generated

Posted February 4, 2008:

• Earthquakes At Edges Of Tectonic Plates Can Trigger Second Earthquakes At Different Time And Place

Posted February 1, 2008:

• Making Accurate Predictions Of Tsunami Risks

Posted January 29, 2008:

• Innovative Method Improves Tsunami Warning Systems, Offers New Insights

Posted January 22, 2008:

• Strong Variations In Tectonic Stresses Discovered In Earthquake Prone Area Near Japan

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