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Lessons from the Christchurch, New Zealand earthquake

Details of an earthquake that rocked the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand in February 2011 may transform the way scientists assess the potential threat of fault lines that run through urban centers.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 01, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

NASA Images Show Continuing Mexico Quake Deformation

(PhysOrg.com) -- New NASA airborne radar images of Southern California near the U.S.-Mexico border show Earth's surface is continuing to deform following the April 4 magnitude, 7.2 temblor and its many aftershocks ...

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created Aug 06, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New monitoring stations detect 'silent earthquakes' in Costa Rica

After installing an extensive network of monitoring stations in Costa Rica, researchers have detected slow slip events (also known as "silent earthquakes") along a major fault zone beneath the Nicoya Peninsula. These findings ...

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created Feb 15, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1




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Some earthquakes expected along Rio Grande Rift in Colorado and New Mexico, new study says

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Rio Grande Rift, a thinning and stretching of Earth’s surface that extends from Colorado’s central Rocky Mountains to Mexico, is not dead but geologically alive and active, according ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Ohio quakes probably triggered by waste disposal well, say seismologists

(PhysOrg.com) -- Earthquakes that have shaken an area just outside Youngstown, Ohio in the last nine months—including a substantial one on New Year’s Eve—are likely linked to a disposal well ...

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created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Quake warning system for West Coast nears reality

The devastating 1868 Hayward fault earthquake in Northern California shook loose the first plausible idea for warning people of imminent ground shaking.

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created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Researchers demonstrate earthquake friction effect at the nanoscale

(PhysOrg.com) -- Earthquakes are some of the most daunting natural disasters that scientists try to analyze. Though the earth's major fault lines are well known, there is little scientists can do to predict ...

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created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

How atoms behave: Characteristics of microstructural avalanches

(PhysOrg.com) -- Investigating how atoms move and rearrange themselves is fundamental to our understanding of the behavior of materials, in particular efforts aimed at engineering materials with enhanced functionality. ...

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

BlackBerry services hit for second day

(AP) -- BlackBerry users across Europe, the Middle East and Africa were hit with service disruptions to their smartphones for a second day after an unexplained glitch cut off Internet and messaging services for ...

Technology / Telecom

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

BlackBerry woes caused by 'core switch failure'

(AP) -- Email and messaging glitches that have plagued BlackBerry users around the world for a second day were caused by a core switch failure, the smartphone's maker said Tuesday. ...

Technology / Telecom

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Ancient faults still prove to be powerful

(PhysOrg.com) -- When a 5.8 magnitude earthquake rocked the East Coast Tuesday, the William & Mary geology department was in the middle of a faculty retreat.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New data shows El MayorCucapah earthquake was simple on surface, complicated at depth

(PhysOrg.com) -- Like scars that remain on the skin long after a wound has healed, earthquake fault lines can be traced on Earth's surface long after their initial rupture. Typically, this line of intersection ...

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created Aug 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study of soil effects from March 11 Japan earthquake could improve building design

Japan's March 11 Tohoku Earthquake is among the strongest ever recorded, and because it struck one of the world's most heavily instrumented seismic zones, this natural disaster is providing scientists with ...

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created Jul 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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