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New analysis of earthquake zone raises questions

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Aug 26, 2008 | 4.4 / 5 (11) | 0

Oregon State University scientists have completed a new analysis of an earthquake fault line that extends some 200 miles off the southern and central Oregon coast that they say is more active than the San Andreas Fault in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Using new technique, scientists find 11 times more aftershocks for 2004 quake

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Nov 23, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using a technique normally used for detecting weak tremor, scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology discovered that the 2004 magnitude 6 earthquake along the Parkfield section of the San Andreas ...

Fragmented Structure of Seafloor Faults May Dampen Effects of Earthquakes

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Jul 12, 2007 | 4.2 / 5 (10) | 0

Many earthquakes in the deep ocean are much smaller in magnitude than expected. Geophysicists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have found new evidence that the fragmented structure of seafloor ...

New study sheds light on earthquake hazard along San Andreas Fault

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Jul 27, 2009 | 3.7 / 5 (3) | 1

New research by a team of scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) offers new insight into the San Andreas Fault as it extends beneath Southern ...

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.

Deep creep means milder, more frequent earthquakes along Southern California's San Jacinto fault

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Nov 08, 2009 | 3.8 / 5 (6) | 1

With an average of four mini-earthquakes per day, Southern California's San Jacinto fault constantly adjusts to make it a less likely candidate for a major earthquake than its quiet neighbor to the east, the ...

Research gives glimpse of tectonic history on Puget Sound-region fault zones

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Oct 19, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research on the Kitsap Peninsula, at the west edge of Washington state's Puget Sound, finds evidence that land was raised at least 6 feet by ancient earthquakes.

Earthquakes actually aftershocks of 19th century quakes

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Nov 04, 2009 | 4.4 / 5 (19) | 13

(PhysOrg.com) -- When small earthquakes shake the central U.S., citizens often fear the rumbles are signs a big earthquake is coming. Fortunately, new research instead shows that most of these earthquakes ...

Satellite data look behind the scenes of deadly earthquake

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Oct 15, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (7) | 0

Using satellite radar data and GPS measurements, Chinese researchers have explained the exceptional geological events leading to the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake that killed nearly 90 000 people in China's Sichuan ...

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