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Exploring Sichuan Fault
Scientists are to explore
the fault lines that caused
the May 12th earthquake in
China that killed 69,000
people. ... > full story
Ocean Surface A Boon For Extreme Event Forecasts, Warnings
For humans in the path of
destructive hurricanes and
tsunamis, an accurate
warning of the pending event
is critical for damage
control and survival. Such
... > full story
Improved Tsunami Early Warning With New Software System
After completing their
simulation component in the
German-Indonesian Tsunami
Early Warning System,
tsunami modeling scientists
have presented a new
... > full story
Big Earthquakes Spark Jolts Worldwide
Until 1992, when
California's magnitude-7.3
Landers earthquake set off
small jolts as far away as
Yellowstone National Park,
scientists did not believe
large earthquakes sparked
... > full story
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Earthquake Zone Off Oregon Coast Surprisingly Active
August 27, 2008 — 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 ... > full story -
Geologists Study China Earthquake For Glimpse Into Future
July 7, 2008 — The May 12 earthquake that rocked Sichuan Province in China was the first there in recorded history and unexpected in its magnitude. Now a team of geoscientists is looking at the potential for future ... > full story -
Stress Buildup Precedes Large Sumatra Earthquakes: When Can We Expect The Next One?
May 29, 2008 — The island of Sumatra, Indonesia, has shaken many times with powerful earthquakes since the one that wrought the infamous 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Now, scientists from the California Institute of ... > full story -
One Year After Solomon Islands, Scientists Learn Barrier To Earthquakes Weaker Than Expected
April 7, 2008 — On the one year anniversary of a devastating earthquake and tsunami in the Solomon Islands that killed 52 people, scientists are revising their understanding of the potential for similar giant ... > full story -
Forecasting Tsunami Threats Through Layers Of Sand And Time
March 21, 2008 — Azhii peralai: from the deep ... large waves. This is the expression for 'tsunami' in Tamil, the oldest language in southern India. For an ancient dialect to have its own phrase for destructive waves ... > full story -
NOAA Launches Final Two Buoys To Complete U.S. Tsunami Warning System
March 13, 2008 — NOAA has just deployed the final two tsunami detection buoys in the South Pacific, completing the buoy network and bolstering the U.S. tsunami warning system. This vast network of 39 stations ... > full story -
Core Samples From Subsea Fault System Off Japan Will Help Explain How Earthquakes Are Generated
February 11, 2008 — Scientists aboard IODP scientific drilling vessel Chikyu collected 5,000 samples from the seismogenic zone known as the Nankai Trough. The samples will provide scientists with new sources of data and ... > full story -
Earthquakes At Edges Of Tectonic Plates Can Trigger Second Earthquakes At Different Time And Place
February 4, 2008 — Earthquakes occurring at the edges of tectonic plates can trigger events at a distance and much later in time. These doublet earthquakes may hold an underestimated hazard, but may also shed light on ... > full story -
Making Accurate Predictions Of Tsunami Risks
February 1, 2008 — Researchers evaluated all known potential tsunami-generating sources in the Indian Ocean basin, and then calculated the impact of the waves they can generate. The geographical distribution of risk is ... > full story -
Innovative Method Improves Tsunami Warning Systems, Offers New Insights
January 29, 2008 — A wave of new NASA research on tsunamis has yielded an innovative method to improve existing tsunami warning systems, and a potentially groundbreaking new theory on the source of the December 2004 ... > full story
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