News tagged with earthquake hazard
University of Nevada, Reno, surveys earthquake faults through downtown
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Jun 16, 2009 |
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The Seismological Lab at the University of Nevada, Reno is finishing the first phase of seismic surveying through downtown as part of U.S. Geological Survey study to create an earthquake hazard map in the ...
New Madrid fault system may be shutting down
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Mar 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The New Madrid fault system does not behave as earthquake hazard models assume and may be in the process of shutting down, a new study shows.
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New liquefaction hazard maps of Santa Clara Valley, Northern California
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Jan 27, 2009 |
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New hazard maps for communities from San Jose to Palo Alto in Northern California delineate the probability of earthquake-induced liquefaction, based on three scenarios: a magnitude 7.8 on the San Andreas ...
New hazard estimates could downplay quake dangers
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Apr 16, 2008 |
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The dangers posed by a major earthquake in the New Madrid and Charleston, South Carolina zones in the Midwestern and Southern parts of the United States may be noticeably lower than current estimates if seismologists adjust ...
Scientists plan 10-year quake forecasts
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Feb 15, 2007 |
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A Canadian scientist says she is involved in an international effort to create 10-year earthquake forecasts for several nations.
Predicted ground motions for great earthquake in Pacific Northwest: Seattle, Victoria and Vancouver
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Jun 11, 2009 |
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A new study evaluates expected ground motion in Seattle, Victoria and Vancouver from earthquakes of magnitude 7.5 - 9.0, providing engineers and policymakers with a new tool to build or retrofit structures to withstand seismic ...
Why do earthquakes stop?
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Feb 06, 2008 |
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The underlying structure of a fault determines whether an earthquake rupture will jump from one fault to another, magnifying its size and potential devastation. Understanding why some earthquakes terminate along a fault, ...
Paired earthquakes separated in time and space
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Jan 30, 2008 |
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Earthquakes occurring at the edges of tectonic plates can trigger events at a distance and much later in time, according to a team of researchers reporting in today's issue of Nature. These doublet earthquakes may hold a ...
Chinese earthquake provides lessons for future
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Jul 21, 2008 |
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The May 12 Sichuan earthquake in China was unexpectedly large. Analysis of the area, however, now shows that topographic characteristics of the highly mountainous area identified the mountain range as active and could have ...
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.
Great Indian Ocean earthquake of 2004 set off tremors in San Andreas fault
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Dec 10, 2008 |
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In the last few years there has been a growing number of documented cases in which large earthquakes set off unfelt tremors in earthquake faults hundreds, sometimes even thousands, of miles away.
2006 tectonic plate motion reversal near Acapulco puzzles earthquake scientists
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Aug 02, 2007 |
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A reversal of tectonic plate motion between Acapulco and Mexico City in the last half of 2006 probably didn't ease seismic strain in the region or the specter of a major earthquake anticipated there in the ...
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