News tagged with quake simulator
Northwest at risk of megaquake like one in Chile
(AP) -- Just 50 miles off the Pacific Northwest coast is an earthquake hotspot that threatens to unleash on Seattle, Portland and Vancouver the kind of damage that has shattered Chile.
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Mar 02, 2010 |
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China to build world's largest quake simulator
A Chinese university said Tuesday it had started to build the world's largest quake simulator, a week after the first anniversary of the deadly earthquake in southwest China.
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May 26, 2009 |
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Stanford scientists' computer models help predict tsunami risk
(PhysOrg.com) -- Stanford scientists are using complex computational models to solve the puzzle of the devastating tsunami that struck Japan earlier this year and predict where future tsunamis might occur.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 14, 2011 |
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Studying how skyscraper foundations stand up to earthquakes
UC Davis engineers are preparing to conduct the first rigorous tests of how the steel columns that secure skyscrapers to their foundations stand up during earthquakes, research that could make the towering structures safer ...
Dec 06, 2011 |
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'Double tsunami' doubled Japan destruction
Researchers have discovered that the destructive tsunami generated by the March 2011 Tōhoku earthquake was a long-hypothesized "merging tsunami" that doubled in intensity over rugged ocean ridges, amplifying ...
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Dec 05, 2011 |
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Indian Ocean tsunami alert system to be tested on Oct 12
Nearly two dozen countries next Wednesday will take part in a full-scale test of the Indian Ocean's tsunami alert system, using the 2004 Sumatra quake as the basis for the exercise, UNESCO said on Thursday.
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Oct 06, 2011 |
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Engineers simulate large quake on curved bridge (w/ video)
Six full-size pickup trucks took a wild ride on a 16-foot-high steel bridge when it shook violently in a series of never-before-conducted experiments to investigate the seismic behavior of a curved bridge ...
Sep 23, 2011 |
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Early quake alerts
Six thousand seismic sensors, 200 volunteers and a University of Delaware researcher all have one thing in common – helping scientists study earthquakes.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 18, 2011 |
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EU nuclear safety testing row in meltdown
Fractious talks on testing the safety of European nuclear reactors broke down Thursday as calls to include terror attacks and other man-made disasters in the tests faced resistance from powerful nuclear lobbies ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 12, 2011 |
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Does the central Andean backarc have the potential for a great earthquake?
The region east of the central Andes Mountains has the potential for larger scale earthquakes than previously expected, according to a new study posted online in the May 8th edition of Nature Geoscience. Previo ...
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May 08, 2011 |
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Hunting for gaps
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have developed a new model for the behavior of pedestrians and crowds. It can help to understand and prevent tragic crowd disasters, to develop better architectural designs and ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 19, 2011 |
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Asia nuclear reactors face tsunami risk
(AP) -- The skeleton of what will soon be one of the world's biggest nuclear plants is slowly taking shape along China's southeastern coast - right on the doorstep of Hong Kong's bustling metropolis. Three ...
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Apr 18, 2011 |
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