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Thousands of Landslides in Nepal Earthquake Raise Parallels for Pacific Northwest

Jan. 11, 2016 — An evaluation of the major 7.8 magnitude subduction zone earthquake in Gorkha, Nepal, in April 2015, has identified ... read more

New Geological Evidence Aids Tsunami Hazard Assessments from Alaska to Hawaii

Jan. 12, 2016 — Prevailing scientific models about earthquake generation are challenged when it comes to forecasting earthquake ... read more

First Ever Digital Geologic Map of Alaska

Jan. 5, 2016 — A new digital geologic map of Alaska is being released providing land users, managers and scientists geologic information for the evaluation of land use in relation to ... read more

Geologic Formation Could Hold Clues to Melting Glacier Floodwaters

Dec. 23, 2015 — Geologists investigating an unusual landform in the Wabash River Valley in southern Illinois expected to find seismic origins, but instead found the aftermath of rushing ... read more

Dating Historic Activity at Oso Site Shows Recurring Major Landslides

Dec. 23, 2015 — Radiocarbon dating of landslides near the deadly March 2014 mudslide in Oso, Washington show that this is a geologically active region, with other large slides in the ... read more

10,000-Year Record Shows Dramatic Uplift at Andean Volcano

Dec. 19, 2015 — Ongoing studies of a massive volcanic field in the Andes mountains show that the rapid uplift which has raised the surface more than six feet in eight years has occurred many ... read more

Fewer Landslides Than Expected After 2015 Nepal Earthquake

Dec. 16, 2015 — Fewer landslides resulted from the devastating 2015 Nepal earthquake than expected. In addition, no large floods from overflowing glacial lakes occurred after the magnitude ... read more

Catastrophic Medieval Earthquakes in Nepal

Dec. 16, 2015 — Three quakes, in 1100, 1255 and 1344, with magnitudes of around Mw 8 triggered large-scale collapses, mass wasting and initiated the redistribution of material by ... read more

Natural or Humanmade Earthquakes? New Technique Can Tell the Difference

Dec. 16, 2015 — Geophysicists have shown that earthquakes resulting from wastewater injection follow several indicative patterns that are starkly different from natural ... read more

Age of Blueschist Is Not an Indicator of the Date of Emergence of Plate Tectonics

Dec. 14, 2015 — Formation of blueschist determined by changes to the chemical composition of ... read more

Shell's Arctic Oil Exploration Was Always A Risk

Raw: Magnitude 6.6 Earthquake Hits Indonesia

Strong Tremors Felt in India as Massive Quake Hits Region

Kashmir Mops Up After Heavy Flooding

Researchers to Participate in Flood Reconnaissance Mission

Jan. 12, 2016 — Engineering researchers – experts in the study of how soil reacts to stress caused by earthquakes or floods – are participating in a multi-institutional research mission to document the effects ... read more

Expedition Probes Undersea Magma System

Jan. 11, 2016 — A team of scientists is home after a month-long cruise in the eastern Mediterranean, but this was no vacation. The focus was the plumbing system of magma underneath the island of Santorini, formed by ... read more

Forensic Seismology Tested on 2006 Munitions Depot 'Cook-Off' in Baghdad

Dec. 22, 2015 — Curious seismologists who looked at the recordings made by a seismic station four miles away from the "cook-off" of an ammunition holding area in Iraq in 2006 found they could distinguish, ... read more

Mapping Downgoing Plate Topography: The 2005 Sumatra Earthquake

Dec. 11, 2015 — New geophysical data show that fault slip during the March 2005 magnitude 8.7 (Mw) earthquake off the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia (also referred to as the Simeulue-Nias earthquake), was ... read more

Death Valley Study Helps Determine Evolution of Western US Landscapes

Dec. 8, 2015 — The faulted alluvial fans near Badwater in Death Valley are amongst the most visited and classic landforms in the US. New mapping and dating of these landforms, help to determine the timing of past ... read more

Hot Rock and Ice: Volcanic Chain Underlies Antarctica

Dec. 8, 2015 — Scientists were able to deploy ruggidized seismometers that could withstand intense cold in Antarctica only recently. A line of seismometers strung across the West Antarctic Rift Valley and the Marie ... read more

Maximum Observed Earthquake Magnitudes Along Continental Transform Faults

Dec. 6, 2015 — Continental transform faults evolve when two plates slide along each other. The most prominent examples are the San Andreas Fault in California and the North Anatolian Fault in Turkey. Earthquakes ... read more

Scientists Develop 'Shazam for Earthquakes'

Dec. 4, 2015 — A new algorithm designed to find matching seismic signals in large earthquake databases could find previously missed ... read more

Laser Scanning Shows Rates and Patterns of Surface Deformation from the South Napa Earthquake, California, USA

Dec. 4, 2015 — Scientists used 3D laser scanning to make repeat measurements of an area affected by the 2014 magnitude 6.0 South Napa earthquake in order to define in great detail the surface deformation that ... read more

Determinant Factors for Energy Consumption, Perception of Energy Conservation Clarified

Dec. 2, 2015 — Change in lifestyle is a key component to realizing a low-carbon society. A research group examined determinant factors associated with the residential consumption and perception of savings of ... read more

Climate Can Grind Mountains Faster Than They Can Be Rebuilt

Nov. 30, 2015 — For the first time, researchers have attempted to measure all the material leaving and entering a mountain range over more than a million years, and discovered that erosion caused by glaciation ... read more

Anti-Seismic Bricks to Improve Buildings' Response to Earthquakes

Nov. 25, 2015 — Sisbrick is a new class of earthquake-resistant building materials that seismically isolates partition walls from the main building structure, significantly reducing the tension between these two ... read more

Liquid Acoustics Half Way to the Earth's Core

Nov. 24, 2015 — Scientists have succeeded in measuring the speed of sound in mixtures of liquid iron and carbon in extreme conditions, allowing limits to be set on the composition of the Earth's ... read more

How Earth's Pacific Plates Collapsed

Nov. 24, 2015 — Scientists drilling into the ocean floor have, for the first time, found out what happens when one tectonic plate first gets pushed under another. The international expedition drilled into the ... read more

Stretchy Slabs Found in the Deep Earth

Nov. 23, 2015 — A new study suggests that the common belief that the Earth's rigid tectonic plates stay strong when they slide under another plate, known as subduction, may not be ... read more

Mountain Ranges Evolve, Respond to Earth's Climate, Study Shows

Nov. 23, 2015 — Erosion caused by glaciation during ice ages can, in the right circumstances, wear down mountains faster than plate tectonics can build them, groundbreaking new research has ... read more

From Nanocrystals to Earthquakes, Solid Materials Share Similar Failure Characteristics

Nov. 17, 2015 — An extensive study by an interdisciplinary research group suggests that the deformation properties of nanocrystals are not much different from those of Earth's crust. Researchers representing a ... read more

Discovery of Hidden Earthquake Presents Challenge to Earthquake Early-Warning Systems

Nov. 16, 2015 — Seismologists studying the 2011 Chile earthquake have discovered a previously undetected earthquake that took place seconds after the initial rupture. This newly discovered phenomena, which they ... read more

Plate Tectonics Thanks to Plumes?

Nov. 11, 2015 — It is common knowledge that the Earth's rigid upper layer called lithosphere is composed of moving plates. But just what mechanism first set plate tectonics into motion still remains a mystery. ... read more

Predicting Earthquakes: Titan Takes on the Big One

Nov. 11, 2015 — A research team is using the Titan supercomputer to develop physics-based earthquake simulations to better understand earthquake systems, including the potential seismic hazards from known faults and ... read more

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