Tsunami News

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

Posted January 3, 2008:

• Sound Waves Can Trigger Earthquake Aftershocks
• Status Quo Of The Tsunami Early Warning System For The Indian Ocean

Posted December 18, 2007:

• Deep-sea Drilling Yields Clues To Mega-earthquakes

Posted November 27, 2007:

• 'Ultrasound' Of Earth's Crust Reveals Inner Workings Of A Tsunami Factory

Posted November 23, 2007:

• 2002 Alaskan Quake Left Seven Areas Of California Stirred But Not Shaken

Posted November 22, 2007:

• Data Transfer For Tsunami Early Warning System Successfully Tested

Posted November 1, 2007:

• Importance Of Mangrove Conservation In Tsunami Prone Regions

Posted October 17, 2007:

• Giant Wave Experiment Reveals Poorly Understood Behavior Of Tsunamis

Posted October 5, 2007:

• War More Traumatic Than Tsunami

Posted August 16, 2007:

• 2004 Sumatra Tsunami And Storm-generated Waves On North America's Atlantic Coast Were Concurrent

Posted August 15, 2007:

• Estimating Local Tsunami Wave Height From Great Earthquakes

Posted August 13, 2007:

• Java Earthquake: Warning In Less Than Five Minutes With New Early Warning System

Posted August 6, 2007:

• 2006 Tectonic Plate Motion Reversal Near Acapulco Puzzles Earthquake Scientists

Posted August 2, 2007:

• Alaskan Earthquake In 2002 Set Off Tremors On Vancouver Island

Posted July 3, 2007:

• Making Waves: New Research Could Minimize Impact Of Future Tsunami

Posted June 19, 2007:

• 'Stealth' Tsunami That Killed 600 In Java Last Summer Had 65 Foot High Wave

Posted May 11, 2007:

• Real-time Seismic Monitoring Station Installed Atop Active Underwater Volcano

Posted May 1, 2007:

• Analyzing Major Indonesian Earthquakes

Posted April 30, 2007:

• Was Bristol Channel Hit By A Tsunami?

Posted April 16, 2007:

• Designing Bioshields, Shelterbelts For Coastal Tsunami Protection

Posted April 12, 2007:

• Hurricane Katrina And 2004 Tsunami Caused Surprisingly Similar Destruction

Posted April 3, 2007:

• Technology Designed To Increase Effectiveness Of Tsunami Warning Systems

Posted March 23, 2007:

• The Next Great Earthquake

Posted March 15, 2007:

• Tonga Quake Not Conducive To Tsunami

Posted February 4, 2007:

• Folded Sediment Unusual In Sumatran Tsunami Area

Posted January 10, 2007:

• Sumatra Earthquake: New Data Overturn Common View That Great Earthquakes Only Occur In Fast, Young Subduction Zones

Posted December 27, 2006:

• Deadly Wave: Researchers Learn From Analyses Of Rare Tsunami Earthquake

Posted December 19, 2006:

• Living Coral Reefs Provide Better Protection From Tsunami Waves

Posted December 8, 2006:

• Mapping The Wake Of A Pending Quake: Another Sumatra Tsunami Likely In Coming Decades

Posted December 5, 2006:

• Powerful Earthquakes Can Be Detected Within Two Seconds

Posted November 28, 2006:

• Landslide At Mt. Etna Generated A Large Tsunami In The Mediterranean Sea Nearly 8000 Years Ago

Posted November 7, 2006:

• Ground Frequency Recovery After Strong Earthquakes
• Joining Forces To Predict Tsunamis: Pan-European Approach To Disaster Prevention

Posted September 29, 2006:

• Economic Crisis, Civil War And Tsunami No Problem If Reefs Well Managed

Posted August 27, 2006:

• Elevated Rates Of Mental Health Problems Among Survivors Of Tsunami

Posted August 6, 2006:

• Satellite Data Reveals Gravity Change From Sumatran Earthquake

Posted July 10, 2006:

• Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System Up And Running

Posted June 28, 2006:

• NASA Satellite Positioning Software May Aid In Tsunami Warnings

Posted May 8, 2006:

• Sri Lanka Water Supply Still Suffers Effects Of 2004 Tsunami

Posted April 13, 2006:

• Volcano-like Tremors Detected Deep Within Earth's Crust Near San Andreas

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