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San Andreas fault

Quake prediction model developed

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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

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


Wu Chang Gong temple in Taiwan was partially levelled by a powerful earthquake ten years ago

Taiwan to boost quake warning system

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Taiwan plans to build its first undersea seismic station, designed to improve the island's early warning system and save valuable seconds when earthquakes strike, officials said.


Earthquake early-warning system soon to enter testing

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 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 ...


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Seismic noise unearths lost hurricanes

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 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 ...


Researchers set alarm for incoming space storms

Researchers set alarm for incoming space storms

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 27, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers at the University of Alberta in Edmonton has broken new ground in outer space by pinpointing the impact epicentre of an Earthbound space storm as it crashes into the ...