News tagged with seismologists

Team confirms Alps-like mountain range under East Antarctic Ice Sheet

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Feb 24, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (8) | 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Flying twin-engine light aircraft the equivalent of several trips around the globe and establishing a network of seismic instruments across an area the size of Texas, a U.S.-led, international ...

Quake prediction model developed

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 03, 2009 | 3.8 / 5 (4) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The third in a series of papers in the journal Nature completes the case for a new method of predicting earthquakes.

Earthquake early-warning system soon to enter testing

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Oct 20, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0

It is the Holy Grail of seismology, sought by earthquake scientists for more than a century: the ability to provide advance warning of the Big One, so the public can react before a massive quake unleashes its rolling thunder ...

Seismic noise unearths lost hurricanes

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Oct 20, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (6) | 1

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 ...

New way to monitor faults may help predict earthquakes

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Oct 01, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

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 ...

New Sumatra quake takes seismologists by surprise

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Oct 01, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (6) | 1

The huge earthquake that hit Sumatra occurred at a deep, unexpected location, illustrating the dangerously complex geological mosaic in this area, a seismologist told AFP on Thursday.

Major quakes can weaken seismic faults far away, scientists say

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Sep 30, 2009 | 4.9 / 5 (8) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- U.S. seismologists have found evidence that the massive 2004 earthquake that triggered killer tsunamis throughout the Indian Ocean weakened at least a portion of California's famed San Andreas ...

Sichuan quake was once-in-4,000-year event: scientists

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Sep 27, 2009 | 3.8 / 5 (5) | 3

People who were killed, injured or bereaved in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake had the cruel misfortune to be victims of an event that probably occurs just once in four millennia, seismologists said on Sunday.

Asia-Pacific quakes herald a disaster? Experts say no

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Aug 23, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Powerful earthquakes that have jolted Asia recently do not presage a disaster, although it is only a matter of time before the next catastrophe befalls the quake-prone region, seismologists say.

Listening to rocks helps researchers better understand earthquakes

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Aug 17, 2009 | 5 / 5 (7) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- When Apollo punished King Midas by giving him donkey ears, only the king and his barber knew. Unable to keep a secret, the barber dug a hole, whispered into it, "King Midas has donkey ears," ...

Scientists deploy seismic network for study of Sierra Negra, Galapagos

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Aug 12, 2009 | 3.5 / 5 (2) | 0

An interdisciplinary team of scientists from the University of Miami (UM), University of Rochester, University of Idaho-Moscow and the Instituto Geofísico, Escuela Politécnica Nacional (Quito, ...

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