http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/earth_climate/tsunamis/ Tsunami News. Causes of tsunamis, status of tsunami devastated regions, and locations where scientists predict tsunamis might occur in the future. Read about tsunamis and earthquakes. en-us Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:05:01 EST Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:05:01 EST 60 http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/logosmall.gif http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/earth_climate/tsunamis/ For more science articles, visit ScienceDaily. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120214100819.htm Seismic risk at the Fukushima nuclear plant increased after the magnitude 9 earthquake that hit Japan last March, scientists report. The new study, which uses data from over 6,000 earthquakes, shows the 11 March tremor caused a seismic fault close to the nuclear plant to reactivate. The research suggests authorities should strengthen the security of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to withstand large earthquakes that are likely to directly disturb the region. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:08:08 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120214100819.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120211095351.htm Not surprisingly, victims of a natural disaster can experience stress and anxiety, but a new study indicates that it might also cause them to make more errors - some serious - in their daily lives. Researchers have explored how cognitive performance can decline after earthquakes and other natural disasters. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:53:53 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120211095351.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120110132416.htm A new study of aid to Haiti finds that 36 percent of households in the directly affected area -- and 54 percent of those living in camps -- still have not recovered to their pre-earthquake levels almost two years after the disaster. Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:24:24 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120110132416.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111229092042.htm Debris from the tsunami that devastated Japan in March could reach the United States as early as this winter, according to new predictions. However, they warn there is still a large amount of uncertainty over exactly what is still floating, where it's located, where it will go, and when it will arrive. Responders now have a challenging, if not impossible situation on their hands: How do you deal with debris that could now impact US shores, but is difficult to find? Thu, 29 Dec 2011 09:20:20 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111229092042.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111205181924.htm Researchers discovered that the destructive tsunami generated by the March 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake was a long-hypothesized "merging tsunami" that doubled in intensity over rugged ocean ridges, amplifying its destructive power before reaching shore. Satellites captured not just one wave front that day, but at least two, which merged to form a single double-high wave far out at sea -- one capable of traveling long distances without losing its power. Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:19:19 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111205181924.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111014122321.htm Ever since the Japan tsunami on March 11, 2011 washed millions of tons of debris into the Pacific, scientists in Hawaii have been looking for evidence to validate their computer model of the trajectory of these debris that are endangering small ships and coastlines. On its voyage from Honolulu to Vladivostok, a Russian ship found unmistakable tsunami debris in regions the model had predicted. Fri, 14 Oct 2011 12:23:23 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111014122321.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111011112917.htm Researchers have developed a new system that will enable highway construction engineers in the field to immediately analyze soil movements caused by active landslides and erosion and use the powerful tool of LIDAR to better assess and deal with them. The advance is just the latest innovation with this laser technology, the use of which has mushroomed in recent years in the study of everything from earthquakes and tsunamis to beach erosion and road construction. Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:29:29 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111011112917.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921172840.htm Researchers report that Japan's power plant accident fallout extended as far as the San Francisco Bay area, resulting in elevated levels of radioactive material that were nonetheless very low and posed no health risk to the public. Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:28:28 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921172840.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919194102.htm When the Tohoku earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on March 11, 2011, the world witnessed the largest nuclear incident since the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. In a special Fukushima issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, published today by SAGE, experts examine the current and future impact of Fukushima, what might have been done to lessen the scale of the accident, and the steps we need to take both in Japan and worldwide to prevent another nuclear tragedy. Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:41:41 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919194102.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110816144038.htm The tsunami that devastated Japan on March 11 was picked up by high-frequency radar in California and Japan as it swept toward their coasts, according to US and Japanese scientists. This is the first time that a tsunami has been observed by radar, raising the possibility of new early warning systems. Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:40:40 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110816144038.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110808132542.htm A NASA scientist and her colleagues were able to observe for the first time the power of an earthquake and tsunami to break off large icebergs a hemisphere away. The researchers were able to link the calving of icebergs from the Sulzberger Ice Shelf in Antarctica following the Tohoku Tsunami, which originated with an earthquake off the coast of Japan in March 2011. The finding marks the first direct observation of such a connection between tsunamis and icebergs. Mon, 08 Aug 2011 13:25:25 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110808132542.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110714091935.htm Researchers have recorded an airglow signature in the upper atmosphere produced by a tsunami using a camera system based in Maui, Hawaii. Coupling of the ocean surface to the upper atmosphere enables tsunami imaging. The first ionospheric signature precedes the modeled ocean tsunami by one hour. Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:19:19 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110714091935.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110710204240.htm Olympia, site of the famous Temple of Zeus and original venue of the Olympic Games in ancient Greece, was presumably destroyed by repeated tsunamis that traveled considerable distances inland, and not by earthquake and river floods as has been assumed to date. Evidence in support of this new theory on the virtual disappearance of the ancient cult site on the Peloponnesian peninsula comes from a researcher in Germany. Sun, 10 Jul 2011 20:42:42 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110710204240.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110622162320.htm Geoscientists have discovered an unusual geological formation that helps explain how an undersea earthquake off the coast of Sumatra in December 2004 spawned the deadliest tsunami in recorded history. Wed, 22 Jun 2011 16:23:23 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110622162320.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110603102740.htm When earthquake, tsunami, tornado or flood strike, among the most vulnerable group are the elderly. Researchers in New Zealand suggest that emergency response plans must take into account the age-related needs of adults with regards to the personal and social resources they have available. Fri, 03 Jun 2011 10:27:27 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110603102740.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110603102738.htm An unusual signal detected by the seismic monitoring station at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's research facility on Barro Colorado Island results from waves in Lake Gatun, the reservoir that forms the Panama Canal channel, scientists report. Understanding seismic background signals leads to improved earthquake and tsunami detection in the Caribbean region where 100 tsunamis have been reported in the past 500 years. Fri, 03 Jun 2011 10:27:27 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110603102738.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110525131718.htm Japan's recent magnitude 9.0 earthquake, which triggered a devastating tsunami, relieved stress along part of the quake fault but also has contributed to the build up of stress in other areas, putting some of the country at risk for up to years of sizeable aftershocks and perhaps new main shocks, scientists say. Wed, 25 May 2011 13:17:17 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110525131718.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110524094504.htm The March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan were generated on a fault that didn't rupture the usual way, according to researchers. The rupture initially shot westward, then slowed and began rupturing rapidly eastward. The "flip-flop" fault motion first shook Honshu violently, then deformed seafloor sediments on the fault plane with such force that they triggered the huge tsunami. What researchers don't know is whether comparable faults could behave in a similar fashion. Tue, 24 May 2011 09:45:45 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110524094504.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110519141622.htm When the magnitude 9.0 Tohoku-Oki earthquake and resulting tsunami struck off the northeast coast of Japan on March 11, they caused widespread destruction and death. Using observations from a dense regional geodetic network (allowing measurements of earth movement to be gathered from GPS satellite data), globally distributed broadband seismographic networks, and open-ocean tsunami data, researchers have begun to construct numerous models that describe how the earth moved that day. Thu, 19 May 2011 14:16:16 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110519141622.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110425135516.htm It took 26 years for marine invertebrates living on the Port Valdez seafloor to stabilize after Alaska's Great Earthquake of 1964, according to a scientist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:55:55 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110425135516.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110415154734.htm Researchers in Japan surveyed and questioned Twitter users and tracked updates from people in the disaster-struck area on the social media site two weeks after the Tohoku earthquake and devastating tsunami of March 11. They hoped to determine what benefits such a system can bring to people involved in a disaster and to those hoping to hear news. Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:47:47 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110415154734.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110406102203.htm The huge tsunami triggered by the 9.0 Tohoku earthquake destroyed coastal towns near Sendai in Japan, washing such things as houses and cars into the ocean. Based on a model derived from past trajectories of drifting buoys, projections of where this debris might head over the next five to six years have been made. Wed, 06 Apr 2011 10:22:22 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110406102203.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110330131346.htm A new report presents a 20-year road map for increasing US resilience to earthquakes, including a major earthquake that could strike a highly populated area. The report was mostly written prior to the March 11 earthquake in Japan, but the committee of experts who authored it noted that the Japanese experience is a reminder of the devastation that can occur even in a country acknowledged as a leader in implementing earthquake-resilience measures. Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:13:13 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110330131346.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110324153658.htm Researchers are processing satellite imagery of regions in Japan affected by the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that devastated sections of the country's east coast on March 11. Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:36:36 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110324153658.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110318153331.htm The oldest segment of Japan's population will likely be the hardest hit as a result of the recent earthquake and subsequent tsunami, based on data from previous catastrophic events. Approximately 23 percent of Japanese citizens currently are age 65 and above. Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:33:33 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110318153331.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110316152756.htm The earthquake disaster on March 11, 2011 was an event of the century not only for Japan. With a magnitude of Mw = 8.9, it was one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded worldwide. Two days before, a strong foreshock with a magnitude Mw = 7.2 took place almost exactly at the breaking point of the tsunami-earthquake. Geophysicists in Germany have now created an animation that shows the sequence of quakes since March 9. Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:27:27 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110316152756.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110316083630.htm A new before-and-after image pair from the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument on NASA's Terra spacecraft shows a region of Japan's northeastern coast, northeast of the city of Sendai, which was affected by the March 11, 2011 tsunami. Wed, 16 Mar 2011 08:36:36 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110316083630.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110314091644.htm While Japan's 8.9-magnitude earthquake and accompanying tsunami represent a devastating natural disaster for the country's residents, scientists should also seize upon the massive temblor as an important learning tool for future quakes around the world, including the Pacific Northwest coast of the United States, according to U.S. experts. Mon, 14 Mar 2011 09:16:16 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110314091644.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110311170556.htm Researchers have created a near-real-time map of the aftershocks occurring globally following the 8.9 magnitude earthquake that rocked Japan Friday. Fri, 11 Mar 2011 17:05:05 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110311170556.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110311165855.htm The massive earthquake that rocked Japan on March 11 and generated a tsunami that inundated coastal cities at that island nation triggered alerts around the world. The Oregon coast was no exception. Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:58:58 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110311165855.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110311165726.htm It's being called one of the largest recorded earthquakes in world history. Japan today is struggling with the aftermath of a massive 8.9 earthquake on a subduction zone, a short distance offshore, which unleashed a devastating tsunami that killed hundreds and has turned large parts of cities into rubble. The disaster is also a "wake up call" for the Pacific Northwest, a noted geologist says. Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:57:57 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110311165726.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110311131720.htm Geologists in the UK have recorded the impact of today's major earthquake, off the coast of Japan, using sophisticated equipment. The magnitude 8.9 quake east of Honshu on March 11, 2011 was recorded on a SEIS-UK seismometer. It shows three traces that measure movement of Earth’s surface in the vertical, north-south and east-west direction. SEIS-UK is part of the Natural Environment Research Council’s Geophysical Equipment Facility. Fri, 11 Mar 2011 13:17:17 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110311131720.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110304115007.htm Seismologists have developed a new system that could be used to warn future populations of an impending tsunami only minutes after the initial earthquake. The system, known as RTerg, could help reduce the death toll by giving local residents valuable time to move to safer ground. Fri, 04 Mar 2011 11:50:50 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110304115007.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110228104117.htm The SWAN (Simulating WAves Nearshore) wave prediction model predicts the distribution of wave heights close to the shore. It was recently expanded to include the SWASH (Simulating WAves till SHore) model, which enables the modeling of wave behavior right up to the shore, including how they break and overflow. Mon, 28 Feb 2011 10:41:41 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110228104117.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110220142803.htm On an isolated segment of islands in the Pacific Ring of Fire, residents endure volcanoes, tsunamis, dense fog, steep cliffs and long and chilly winters. Researchers have studied the history of human settlement on the Kuril Islands. Understanding how residents survived the islands' severe environment could inform how we adapt to modern vulnerabilities, including climate change. The findings also have implications for how we rebound from contemporary catastrophes. Sun, 20 Feb 2011 14:28:28 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110220142803.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110117142732.htm While the U.S. Geological Survey recorded 22 magnitude-7 or larger earthquakes in 2010, almost all the fatalities were produced by one -- the major quake that hit Haiti on Jan. 12. Mon, 17 Jan 2011 14:27:27 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110117142732.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110114082432.htm New research has revealed that people are more likely to donate to victims of disasters that are perceived to have natural causes, such as floods or earthquakes, rather than humanly caused factors. Fri, 14 Jan 2011 08:24:24 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110114082432.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101223104039.htm Six years after the tsunami disaster of Dec. 26, 2004, the set-up of the German-Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System for the Indian Ocean (GITEWS) has been completed. Thu, 23 Dec 2010 10:40:40 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101223104039.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101213121710.htm New technology is letting researchers get a much better picture of how episodic tremor events relate to potentially catastrophic earthquakes every 300 to 500 years in the Cascadia subduction zone. Mon, 13 Dec 2010 12:17:17 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101213121710.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/10/101028132309.htm Countless people clung to life in the branches of trees hemming the shorelines during the deadly 2004 tsunami that killed more than 230,000 coastal residents in Indonesia, India, Thailand and Sri Lanka. In the aftermath of the disaster, land change scientist Chandra Giri from the US Geological Survey decided to explore to what degree those unique trees -- which make up valuable forest ecosystems called mangroves -- safeguard lives, property and beaches during hurricanes, tsunamis and floods. Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:23:23 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/10/101028132309.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/10/101010133626.htm 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 a moderate earthquake on a strike-slip fault can generate tsunamis through submarine landslides, raising the overall tsunami risk in these places. Sun, 10 Oct 2010 13:36:36 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/10/101010133626.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100917151844.htm 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 land that leave little time for warning, says a new report. Fri, 17 Sep 2010 15:18:18 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100917151844.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100916145129.htm 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 Earth's history is the world's highest mountain range. But even more recently, the collision could be felt -- for example, the earthquakes that created the 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean. Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:51:51 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100916145129.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100909074007.htm 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 showed the pattern of stresses that had accumulated through the plate movements during the past 175 years in this area. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:40:40 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100909074007.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100902081808.htm 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 province of Indonesia. But did it? Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:18:18 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100902081808.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100819083803.htm 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 inquiry. Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:38:38 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100819083803.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100818131555.htm 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 triggered two major quakes of magnitude 7.8, seismologists report. Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:15:15 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100818131555.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100816170839.htm 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 populations. Mon, 16 Aug 2010 17:08:08 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100816170839.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100715090647.htm 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 survived the 2004 tsunami, found that poverty and family violence were major sources of continuing stress. The second study, of 1,400 children affected by both the tsunami and civil war, focused on the cumulative effect of multiple stressors on children's later functioning. Thu, 15 Jul 2010 09:06:06 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100715090647.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100708141535.htm 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 devastating than a second earthquake generated tsunami three months later. Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:15:15 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100708141535.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100614161722.htm 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 size of resulting tsunamis. Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:17:17 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100614161722.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100524121250.htm 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 coast of the United States, scientists say. There is more than a one-in-three chance that it will happen within the next 50 years. Mon, 24 May 2010 12:12:12 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100524121250.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100505133306.htm A research team made up of scientists from the U.S., Peru and France report on their analysis of GPS data from the 2007 Pisco quake in Peru. They found, in part, that 50 percent of the postseismic slippage is aseismic -- movement along a fault that occurs without any accompanying seismic waves. Wed, 05 May 2010 13:33:33 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100505133306.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100428093927.htm Australian researchers describe a mathematical model that can find the ten optimal sites at which tsunami detection buoys and sea-level monitors should be installed. The model could save time and money in the installation of a detection system as well as providing warning for the maximum number of people should a potentially devastating tsunami occur. Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:39:39 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100428093927.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100414083533.htm Since the earthquake in Chile in February 2010, researchers in Austria have been helping measure Earth on a global scale. First results indicate that the rotational speed of Earth has become marginally slower and days have become longer by 0.3 microseconds. Wed, 14 Apr 2010 08:35:35 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100414083533.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100330210949.htm Common toads (Bufo bufo) can detect impending seismic activity and alter their behavior from breeding to evacuation mode, suggests a new study. Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:09:09 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100330210949.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100323105958.htm A unique wave-generating machine that mimics the activity of real-life tsunamis with unprecedented realism has been used successfully in a laboratory in the UK. The simulator has copied the behavior of the first massive wave of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami. Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:59:59 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100323105958.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100319142700.htm Scientists are undertaking an expedition to explore the rupture site of the 8.8-magnitude Chilean earthquake. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:27:27 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100319142700.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100309083656.htm The extremely strong earthquake that struck Chile Feb. 27 was a complicated rupture process, scientists say. Quakes with such magnitude virtually penetrate the entire Earth's crust. After closer analysis of the seismic waves radiated by this earthquake during the first 134 seconds after start of the rupture, the researchers came to the conclusion that only the region around the actual epicentre was active during the first minutes. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:36:36 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100309083656.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100227210429.htm An 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of central Chile early morning on Saturday, February 27, 2010, about 200 miles southwest of the Chilean capital of Santiago, killing several hundred people and exposing millions of people to strong shaking that toppled many buildings. In addition, a tsunami triggered by the earthquake reverberated through the entire Pacific Ocean. Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:04:04 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100227210429.htm