News tagged with aftershock
Japan and New Zealand were hit hardest by earthquakes in 2011
Last year, earthquakes and their consequences, such as tsunamis, landslides, and ground settlements, caused a damage of 365 billion US dollars. Hence, 2011 was the year with the so far highest economic losses ...
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Jan 19, 2012 |
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Probability of powerful quake rises for N. Z. city
Scientists warned Friday of an increased probability that another powerful earthquake will hit the earthquake-stricken New Zealand city of Christchurch in the next year.
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Nov 04, 2011 |
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Relationship between two recent New Zealand earthquakes
The relationship between two earthquakes that took place near Christchurch, New Zealand, in September 2010 and February 2011 is examined in a paper published in Scientific Reports. The findings suggest that t ...
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Sep 26, 2011 |
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Jaded West Coast chuckles over East Coast quake
Soon after the lunch plates stopped rattling and books stopped thumping to the floor, shaken easterners could hear another sound from Tuesday's magnitude-5.8 quake: snickering emanating from the opposite side ...
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Aug 24, 2011 |
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Scientists warn of more quake danger in N.Z.
New Zealand's earthquake-devastated Canterbury region faces an almost one-in-four chance of another powerful tremor in the next 12 months, government scientists said Tuesday.
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May 31, 2011 |
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Japan earthquake appears to increase quake risk elsewhere in the country: study
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 ...
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May 25, 2011 |
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Japan's supply chain ripple effects
This past Monday marked the one-month anniversary of the earthquake that struck Japan on March 11. As the country braces for aftershocks in the months to come, businesses around the world are steeling themselves ...
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Apr 18, 2011 |
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Tokyo at risk from massive aftershock, expert says (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Tokyo may be at serious risk from a massive aftershock and associated tsunami as a result of the devastating March 11 earthquake near Sendai, Japan, according to UC Davis seismologist John Rundle.
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Mar 16, 2011 |
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Texas Tech creates near-real-time map of Japan quake aftershocks
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Texas Tech University’s Center for Geospatial Technologies have created a near-real-time map of the aftershocks occurring globally following the 8.9 magnitude earthquake that rocked Japan ...
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Mar 13, 2011 |
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Quake moved Japan by 8 feet: USGS
Japan's recent massive earthquake, one of the largest ever recorded, appears to have moved the island by about eight feet (2.4 meters), the US Geological Survey said.
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Mar 13, 2011 |
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Quake is 5th biggest, but Japan best prepared
(AP) -- Take the world's most earthquake-prepared country, jolt it with one of the biggest quakes in history and add a devastating tsunami minutes later. In the classic battle of Man vs. Nature, Nature won again.
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Mar 11, 2011 |
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Scientists find increase in microearthquakes after Chilean quake
By studying seismographs from the earthquake that hit Chile last February, earth scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have found a statistically significant increase of microearthquakes in central ...
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Feb 25, 2011 |
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Weaker New Zealand quake packed a deadlier punch
(AP) -- The latest New Zealand earthquake is much weaker than the one that rocked the area last September yet caused much more destruction.
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Feb 22, 2011 |
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Warning systems often don't help tsunami victims
(AP) -- Costly warning systems installed across Asia since the deadly 2004 tsunami did nothing to save villagers on these remote Indonesian islands who saw homes and loved ones swept away by a giant wave ...
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Oct 29, 2010 |
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Big quake aftershocks plague New Zealand city
(AP) -- A powerful new 5.1-magnitude aftershock rattled terrified residents of New Zealand's earthquake-stricken city of Christchurch on Wednesday, as officials doubled their estimate for repairing the damage ...
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Sep 08, 2010 |
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Aftershock
An aftershock is a smaller earthquake that occurs after a previous large earthquake, in the same area of the main shock. If an aftershock is larger than the main shock, the aftershock is redesignated as the main shock and the original main shock is redesignated as a foreshock. Aftershocks are formed as the crust around the displaced fault plane adjusts to the effects of the main shock.
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