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Latest quake highlights Los Angeles seismic danger (AP)

Latest quake highlights Los Angeles seismic danger

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 19, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(AP) -- The latest earthquake to hit the nation's second-largest city was a garden-variety temblor by California standards, rumbling through on a Sunday evening when most residents were home eating dinner ...





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USGS monitoring Twitter for earthquake details

Technology / Internet

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- OMG! Earthquake!


Study: Midwest not ready for a major quake

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created Feb 20, 2006 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (11) | comments 0

A Washington University professor says Midwesterners rarely think about earthquake safety so towns along the New Madrid fault are not prepared.


Ancient Architecture Makes Italian Earthquakes Deadly, Professor Says

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created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A University of Colorado at Boulder professor says the powerful earthquake that knocked down buildings and killed at least 130 people in and around the medieval city of L'Aquila in Italy April 6 is a continuation of violent ...


Predicted ground motions for great earthquake in Pacific Northwest: Seattle, Victoria and Vancouver

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created Jun 11, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

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 ...


CSI: Pisco, Peru

CSI: Pisco, Peru -- Study uncovers tectonic events behind earthquake

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created Apr 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A magnitude 8.0. earthquake destroyed 90 percent of the city of Pisco, Peru on August 16, 2007. The event killed 595 people, while another 318 were missing. Tsunami waves were observed locally, off the shore ...


Stanford Hospital does nation’s first drive-through pandemic exercise

Stanford Hospital does nation’s first drive-through pandemic exercise

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created Jun 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A couple of months ago, during the swine flu scare, Stanford Hospital & Clinics had a preview of what a real pandemic might look like: Hundreds of people, fearing they might be sick with the H1N1 virus, showed ...


Satellites show how Earth moved during Italy quake

Satellites show how Earth moved during Italy quake

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created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Studying satellite radar data from ESA's Envisat and the Italian Space Agency's COSMO-SkyMed, scientists have begun analysing the movement of Earth during and after the 6.3 earthquake that ...


Japanese government plans to scientifically test oft-repeated earthquake instructions

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created Jun 14, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 2

"When an earthquake strikes, hide under a table." "Don't rush outside immediately." Are these actually life-saving actions in an earthquake? The Education, Science and Technology Ministry plans to see if such commonly given ...


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Massive quake moves NZealand closer to Australia

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created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (10) | comments 4

A massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake last week has moved the south of New Zealand closer to Australia, scientists said Wednesday.


New study cites lower rate of quakes along some subduction zones

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created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Most earthquakes occur along fault lines, which form boundaries between two tectonic plates. As the relative speed of the plates around a fault increases, is there a corresponding increase in the number of earthquakes produced ...



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