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Blue whales disturbed by seismic surveys: scientists
Sep 23, 2009 |
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Seismic surveys used for oil and gas prospecting on the sea floor are a disturbance for blue whales, the world's biggest animal and one of its rarest species, biologists reported on Wednesday.
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 ...
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Study reveals seismic shift in methods used to track earthquakes
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Sep 02, 2009 |
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The team, led by scientists from the University of Edinburgh, says that the new method, which uses data collected from earthquakes, potentially allows the Earth's seismic activity to be mapped more comprehensively.
New way to track quakes
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Sep 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Edinburgh scientists have developed a new technique to monitor movements beneath the Earth's surface.
Ill. earthquake a wake-up call
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Apr 20, 2008 |
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A U.S. seismologist said the earthquake that jolted the Midwest Friday is a reminder of the risks seismic events pose outside familiar quake areas.
Researchers distinguish waves from mine collapses from other seismic activities
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Jul 10, 2008 |
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Researchers have devised a technology that can distinguish mine collapses from other seismic activity. Using the large seismic disturbance associated with the Crandall Canyon mine collapse last August, Lawrence Livermore ...
Deadly Mine 'Bump' was Recorded as Seismic Event
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Aug 17, 2007 |
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The University of Utah Seismograph Stations recorded a magnitude-1.6 seismic event at the time of a Thursday, Aug. 16 "bump" that killed and injured rescuers at a Utah coal mine where six miners were trapped by an Aug. 6 ...
Hole in Kentucky will help predict quakes
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Oct 03, 2006 |
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Workers in Kentucky are drilling a 2,000-foot hole that will become the deepest seismic observatory in the Midwest.
Huge undersea mountain found off Indonesia: scientists
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May 29, 2009 |
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A massive underwater mountain discovered off the Indonesian island of Sumatra could be a volcano with potentially catastrophic power, a scientist said Friday.
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.
Dramatic developments at Kilauea Volcano: Scientists work to keep public safe and informed
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Mar 27, 2008 |
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Explosive eruptions and noxious gas emissions at Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii this week have prompted scientists to work around the clock to understand what will happen next and how to keep the public out of harm’s way.
Scientists Study Earthquake Swarm Near Maupin
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Dec 23, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- During the last two years more than 350 small earthquakes have been recorded just outside the small eastern Oregon town of Maupin and scientists are unsure what is triggering the activity.
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