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Earthquakes actually aftershocks of 19th century quakes
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Nov 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When small earthquakes shake the central U.S., citizens often fear the rumbles are signs a big earthquake is coming. Fortunately, new research instead shows that most of these earthquakes ...
Small aftershock rattles downtown Los Angeles
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May 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A small but widely felt aftershock jolted the Los Angeles region Tuesday, two days after a magnitude-4.7 earthquake struck. An apartment building in Long Beach was evacuated due to roof damage but there were no reports ...
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Nine dead in Indonesian earthquake
Sep 12, 2007 |
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Officials reported at least nine people were killed and more than 100 injured after a strong earthquake and an aftershock struck the Indian Ocean Wednesday.
Seismometer image captured from this morning's Midwest earthquake
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Apr 18, 2008 |
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A University of Wisconsin-Madison geology department seismometer in Weeks Hall recorded the tremors of a southern Illinois earthquake that shook many areas of the Midwest this morning.
Ill. earthquake a wake-up call
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Apr 20, 2008 |
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A U.S. seismologist said the earthquake that jolted the Midwest Friday is a reminder of the risks seismic events pose outside familiar quake areas.
Earthquake 'memory' could spur aftershocks
Jan 03, 2008 |
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Using a novel device that simulates earthquakes in a laboratory setting, a Los Alamos researcher and his colleagues have shown that seismic waves—the sounds radiated from earthquakes—can induce earthquake aftershocks, often ...
Research team finds undersea earthquake ‘mountains'
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Dec 30, 2008 |
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Undersea mountains several thousand meters high have been discovered subducted under a tectonic plate that constitutes the sea bottom off the Boso Peninsula in the southeastern part of the Kanto region, according to a survey ...
Scientists explore Sichuan fault
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Aug 14, 2008 |
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Durham University expert, Alex Densmore, is to explore the fault lines that caused the May 12th earthquake in China that killed 69,000 people.
Major Pacific earthquake prompts tsunami warning
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Mar 20, 2009 |
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A major 7.9-magnitude earthquake has shaken the South Pacific nation of Tonga and sending people in low lying areas of Fiji fleeing for higher ground after a tsunami warning, according to officials.
Earthquake in Illinois could portend an emerging threat
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Apr 24, 2008 |
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To the surprise of many, the earthquake on April 18, 2008, about 120 miles east of St. Louis, originated in the Wabash Valley Fault and not the better-known and more-dreaded New Madrid Fault in Missouri's ...
Sumatra earthquake three times larger than originally thought
Feb 08, 2005 |
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Northwestern University seismologists have determined that the Dec. 26 Sumatra earthquake that set off a deadly tsunami throughout the Indian Ocean was three times larger than originally thought, making it the ...
Researchers to visit site of 2004, 2005 Indonesian quakes
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Apr 30, 2007 |
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Researchers from Oregon State University and an Indonesian science center are collaborating on a pioneering project to analyze the history of great earthquakes and tsunamis on the Sunda subduction zone, along the western ...
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