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Seismic noise unearths lost hurricanes

Seismologists have found a new way to piece together the history of hurricanes in the North Atlantic—by looking back through records of the planet's seismic noise. It's an entirely new way to tap into the ...

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created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Lamont-Doherty Seismologists Show Latest Korean Blast Larger Than 2006 Nuclear Test

(PhysOrg.com) -- Columbia seismologists who have intensively studied North Korea’s nuclear testing efforts say Monday’s blast was certainly a nuclear bomb, roughly five times larger than the country’s first ...

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created May 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0




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Seismic diagrams identify rock-falls

(PhysOrg.com) -- Based on the statistical analysis of 20 rock-falls in the Alps and the seismic signals recorded at the same time, ETH Zurich scientists have developed a new method allowing the volume and ...

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created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Explained: Measuring earthquakes

The powerful earthquake that struck Japan in March was a 9.0-magnitude event. But this was not, as some people may assume, as registered on the Richter scale, the famed measuring system dating to the 1930s. ...

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created May 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

The hunt for the lunar core: Deep interior of moon resembles Earth's core

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Moon, Earth's closest neighbor, has long been studied to help us better understand our own planet. Of particular interest is the lunar interior, which could hold clues to its ancient origins. ...

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created Jan 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Video simulations of real earthquakes made available to worldwide network

A Princeton University-led research team has developed the capability to produce realistic movies of earthquakes based on complex computer simulations that can be made available worldwide within hours of a ...

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created Sep 22, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Triple whammy triggered Samoa tsunami (Update 2)

A tsunami that hit the Pacific islands of Samoa and Tonga last year was generated by three earthquakes unleashed by a seismic mechanism that has never been observed before, scientists said on Wednesday.

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created Aug 18, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (14) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Noise Evidence Could Expand Hurricane Record

As sea-surface temperatures rise across the globe, some scientists believe that hurricane frequency and intensity may increase. A fresh technique offers promise to generate new data from long-dead storms, ...

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created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New way to monitor faults may help predict earthquakes

Scientists at the Carnegie Institution have found a way to monitor the strength of geologic faults deep in the Earth. This finding could prove to be a boon for earthquake prediction by pinpointing those faults that are likely ...

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created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Early warning systems underestimate magnitude of large earthquakes

Scientists seek to create reliable early warning systems that accurately estimate the magnitude of an earthquake within the first seconds of rupture. In this paper published by the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of ...

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created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers distinguish waves from mine collapses from other seismic activities

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 ...

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created Jul 10, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists explain source of mysterious tremors emanating from fault zones

Tiny tremors and temblors recently discovered in fault zones from California to Japan are generated by slow-moving earthquakes that may foreshadow catastrophic seismic events, according to scientists at Stanford ...

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created Mar 14, 2007 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (22) | comments 0


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