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November 7, 2016

Historic LA Quakes Triggered by Oil Drilling?

Entire Himalayan Arc Can Make Large Quakes

Exhaling Earth: Forecasting Volcanic Eruptions

New Fault Found in Southern California

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2014 Napa Earthquake Continued to Creep, Weeks After Main Shock

Aug. 19, 2016 — On August 24, 2014, just south of Napa, California, a fault in Earth suddenly slipped, violently shifting and splitting huge blocks of solid rock, 6 miles below the surface. ... read more

Mt. Aso Could Erupt Much Sooner, Scientists Warn

Oct. 20, 2016 — Damage from the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake could hasten Mt. Aso's eruption, volcanologists warn. In a new paper, scientists report new faults in the vicinity of Mt. Aso's magma ... read more

Earthquake Series Cause Uplift Variations at Continental Margins

Oct. 17, 2016 — A new mechanism may explain how great earthquakes with magnitudes larger than M7 are linked to coastal uplift in many regions worldwide. This has important implications for ... read more

Geologist Explores Minerals Below Earth's Surface

Oct. 13, 2016 — A geology researcher is going deep below Earth's surface to understand how some of the most abundant minerals that comprise Earth's crust change ... read more

Dense Arrays of Seismometers Are Letting Scientists Get a Clearer Look at a Giant Scar That Underlies the American Midwest

Sep. 28, 2016 — Deep beneath the fertile flat farmland, there is a huge scar in the Earth called the Midcontinent Rift. This ancient and ... read more

Strength of Earth's Outer Shell Can Be Measured, Weak Spots Pinpointed

Oct. 3, 2016 — An advanced imaging technique used to map Earth's outer shell also can provide a measure of strength, finding weak spots and magma upwellings that could point to volcanic or ... read more

New Technique for Finding Weakness in Earth's Crust

Sep. 29, 2016 — Scientists have developed a method to estimate weakness in the Earth’s outer layers which will help explain and predict volcanic activity ... read more

High-Tech Future Early Warning System for Hurricanes, Tornados and Volcanic Eruptions

Sep. 27, 2016 — The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) has been able to detect a gravity wave wafting through space ... read more

Resonance in Rainbow Bridge

Sep. 22, 2016 — Utah's iconic Rainbow Bridge hums with natural and human-made vibrations, according to a new study. The study characterizes the different ways the bridge vibrates and what ... read more

Research Finds Way to Make Fracking Safer

Sep. 22, 2016 — Injecting wastewater deep underground as a byproduct of oil and gas extraction techniques that include fracking causes human-made earthquakes, new research has found. The ... read more

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November 7, 2016

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Taking a Fault's Temperature

Sep. 15, 2016 — Ever think about taking a fault's temperature? What would you learn? A unique experiment where temperature was continuously measured for nearly a year inside the fault that made the catastrophic ... read more

Stalagmites in Indiana Cave May Record Past Earthquakes

Sep. 12, 2016 — Stalagmites rising from the floor of a cave in southern Indiana may contain traces of past earthquakes in the region, according to a new ... read more

Earthquakes Can Trigger Near-Instantaneous Aftershocks on Different Faults

Sep. 8, 2016 — A large earthquake on one fault can trigger large aftershocks on separate faults within just a few minutes. These findings have important implications for earthquake hazard prone regions like ... read more

X-Raying the Earth With Waves from Stormy Weather 'Bombs'

Aug. 25, 2016 — Using a detection network based in Japan, scientists have uncovered a rare type of deep-earth tremor that they attribute to a distant North Atlantic storm called a 'weather bomb.' The ... read more

Seismic Shield: Large-Scale Metamaterials Combat Earthquakes in 3-D Model

Aug. 24, 2016 — Numerical analysis considers both surface and guided waves, accounts for soil dissipation, and provides design guidelines for implementing earthquake protection using an array of ground-based ... read more

Post-Disaster Optimization Technique Capable of Analyzing Entire Cities

Aug. 24, 2016 — Scientists have created a novel method that represents a major improvement in existing post-disaster optimization methodologies. Their technique, Algorithm with Multiple-Input Genetic Operators ... read more

New Insights Into the Relationship Between Erosion and Tectonics in the Himalayas

Aug. 23, 2016 — Earth's climate interacts with so called surface processes -- such as landslides or river erosion -- and tectonics to shape the landscape that we see. In some regions, the sheer force of these ... read more

Better Understanding Seismic Hazards

Aug. 22, 2016 — The April 2015 Gorkha earthquake in Nepal killed more than 8,000 people and injured more than 21,000. With a magnitude of 7.8, it was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 ... read more

Some Signs of Induced Seismicity Spotted in Salton Trough's Geothermal Production Fields

Aug. 22, 2016 — In some parts of Southern California's Brawley Seismic Zone, geothermal energy production may be increasing the background seismicity rate, but changes in earthquake rates elsewhere in the area ... read more

The Math of Earthquakes

Aug. 18, 2016 — A computational science doctoral student has successfully tied a new mathematical modeling process to the study of ... read more

International Ocean Drilling Expedition to Understand Causes of the Indian Ocean 2004 Earthquake and Tsunami

Aug. 8, 2016 — The devastating earthquake that struck North Sumatra and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Boxing Day in 2004 caused a tsunami that inundated coastal communities around the Indian Ocean, killing ... read more

Subduction Zone Earthquakes Off Oregon, Washington More Frequent Than Previous Estimates

Aug. 5, 2016 — A new analysis suggests that massive earthquakes on northern sections of the Cascadia Subduction Zone, affecting areas of the Pacific Northwest that are more heavily populated, are somewhat more ... read more

The Search for the Earthquake Nucleus

Aug. 1, 2016 — Where a tectonic plate dives under another, in the so-called subduction zones at ocean margins, many strong earthquakes occur. Especially the earthquakes at shallow depths often cause tsunamis. How ... read more

Earth's Mantle Appears to Have a Driving Role in Plate Tectonics

July 28, 2016 — Deep down below us is a tug of war moving at less than the speed of growing fingernails. Keeping your balance is not a concern, but how the movement happens has been debated among geologists. New ... read more

Earthquake-Resilient Pipeline Could Shake Up Future for Aging Infrastructure on West Coast

July 26, 2016 — A new earthquake-resilient pipeline has been designed to better protect southern California’s water utility network from natural disasters. The test mimicked a fault rupture that can occur during ... read more

Ancient Temples in the Himalaya Reveal Signs of Past Earthquakes

July 26, 2016 — Tilted pillars, cracked steps, and sliding stone canopies in a number of 7th-century A.D. temples in northwest India are among the telltale signs that seismologists are using to reconstruct the ... read more

Magma Build-Up May Put Salvadoran Capital at Risk

July 25, 2016 — The build-up of magma six kilometres below El Salvador’s Ilopango caldera means the capital city of San Salvador may be at risk from future eruptions, researchers have ... read more

Tide-Triggered Tremors Give Clues for Earthquake Prediction

July 21, 2016 — The triggering of small, deep earthquakes along California's San Andreas Fault reveals depth-dependent frictional behavior that may provide insight into patterns signaling when a major quake ... read more

Elderly Japanese Most Resilient in Wake of Triple Disaster, Study Finds

July 19, 2016 — Older people in Japan are more resistant to the impacts of disasters on their health than younger generations, a study ... read more

Better Understanding Post-Earthquake Fault Movement

July 18, 2016 — Preparation and good timing enabled researchers to collect a unique data set following the 2014 South Napa earthquake that showed different parts of the fault, sometimes only a few kilometers apart, ... read more

Thursday, September 15, 2016

Taking a fault's temperature

Monday, September 12, 2016

Stalagmites in Indiana cave may record past earthquakes

Thursday, September 8, 2016

Earthquakes can trigger near-instantaneous aftershocks on different faults

Thursday, August 25, 2016

X-raying the Earth with waves from stormy weather 'bombs'

Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Tuesday, August 23, 2016

New insights into the relationship between erosion and tectonics in the Himalayas

Monday, August 22, 2016

Thursday, August 18, 2016

The math of earthquakes

Monday, August 8, 2016

International ocean drilling expedition to understand causes of the Indian Ocean 2004 earthquake and tsunami

Friday, August 5, 2016

Subduction zone earthquakes off Oregon, Washington more frequent than previous estimates

Monday, August 1, 2016

The search for the earthquake nucleus

Thursday, July 28, 2016

Earth's mantle appears to have a driving role in plate tectonics

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Monday, July 25, 2016

Magma build-up may put Salvadoran capital at risk

Thursday, July 21, 2016

Tide-triggered tremors give clues for earthquake prediction

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Elderly Japanese most resilient in wake of triple disaster, study finds

Monday, July 18, 2016

Better understanding post-earthquake fault movement

Thursday, July 14, 2016

Record-breaking volcanic kettle on Iceland explored

Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Earthquake prediction: An innovative technique for monitoring submarine faults

Monday, July 11, 2016

A giant quake may lurk under Bangladesh and beyond

Thursday, July 7, 2016

Understanding tsunamis with EM fields

Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Thursday, June 30, 2016

Fukushima and the oceans: What do we know, five years on?

Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Plate tectonics without jerking: Detailed recordings of earthquakes on ultraslow mid-ocean ridges

Friday, June 24, 2016

Giant blobs of rock, deep inside the earth, hold important clues about our planet

Monday, June 20, 2016

New analysis reveals large-scale motion around San Andreas Fault System

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Researcher helps break ground on forecasting earthquakes

Monday, June 13, 2016

Friday, June 10, 2016

Deep 'scars' from ancient geological events play role in current earthquakes

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

A warning system for tsunamis

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

New study finds major earthquake threat from the Riasi fault in the Himalayas

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Humans have been causing earthquakes in Texas since the 1920s

Monday, May 16, 2016

Clues to ancient giant asteroid found in Australia

Friday, May 13, 2016

New research estimates probability of mega-earthquake in the Aleutians

Monday, May 9, 2016

Map of flow within the Earth's mantle finds the surface moving up and down 'like a yo-yo'

Friday, May 6, 2016

Thursday, May 5, 2016

Tsunami risk: World's shallowest slow-motion earthquakes detected offshore of New Zealand

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Likely cause for recent southeast US earthquakes: Underside of the North American Plate peeling off

Thursday, April 28, 2016

Speedy bridge repair

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Rainwater may play an important role in process that triggers earthquakes

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Chile quake at epicenter of expanding disaster, failure data repository

Monday, April 25, 2016

Landslide risk remains high a year after magnitude-7.8 Nepal earthquake

Thursday, April 21, 2016

Preparations for a US west coast tsunami look to the past and future

Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Induced earthquakes come under closer scrutiny

Monday, April 18, 2016

Natural disasters since 1900: Over 8 million deaths, 7 trillion US dollars

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Earthquake may have been humanmade, but more data needed to assess hazards in Texas

Monday, April 11, 2016

Hi-tech opens up Earth's secrets

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Slow fault movements may indicate impending earthquakes

Thursday, March 31, 2016

Researchers reproduce mechanism of slow earthquakes

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Fracking -- not wastewater disposal -- linked to most induced earthquakes in Western Canada

Monday, March 14, 2016

Gravity glasses offer a view of the Earth's interior

Thursday, March 10, 2016

Continuous leaking of radioactive strontium, cesium from Fukushima to the ocean

Monday, March 7, 2016

Faults control the amount of water flowing into the Earth during continental breakup

Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Earthquake research in New Zealand on damaged buildings

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Breaking the strongest link triggered Big Baja Earthquake

Friday, February 12, 2016

New app turns smartphones into worldwide seismic network

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

New cause of strong earthquakes found

Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Monday, February 8, 2016

Thursday, February 4, 2016

Can slow creep along thrust faults help forecast megaquakes?

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Research may explain mysterious deep earthquakes in subduction zones

Monday, February 1, 2016

Rapid formation of bubbles in magma may trigger sudden volcanic eruptions

Friday, January 29, 2016

Ancient rocks of Tetons formed by continental collisions

Monday, January 25, 2016

Shallow earthquakes, deeper tremors along southern San Andreas fault compared by researchers

Thursday, January 21, 2016

New study zeros in on plate tectonics' start date

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Monday, January 11, 2016

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

First ever digital geologic map of Alaska

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Forensic seismology tested on 2006 munitions depot 'cook-off' in Baghdad

Saturday, December 19, 2015

10,000-year record shows dramatic uplift at Andean volcano

Thursday, December 17, 2015

Patchy weather in the center of Earth

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Monday, December 14, 2015

Friday, December 11, 2015

Mapping downgoing plate topography: The 2005 Sumatra earthquake

Thursday, December 10, 2015

First explanations for boundary within Earth's mantle

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Sunday, December 6, 2015

Maximum observed earthquake magnitudes along continental transform faults

Friday, December 4, 2015

Scientists develop 'Shazam for earthquakes'