News articles tagged with 'fault' (Page 4)
Tremors on southern San Andreas Fault may mean increased earthquake risk
— 10 Jul 2009 13:59 | Geology and palaeontologyIncreases in mysterious underground tremors observed in several active earthquake fault zones around the world could signal a build-up of stress at locked segments of the faults and…
China environmental phenomena monitored from space
— 4 Jul 2009 12:15 | Geology and palaeontologyChina is in a very seismically active area and has had many catastrophic earthquakes during its history. A joint European-Chinese team is using satellite radar data to monitor ground…
Scripps studies offer new picture of Lake Tahoe's earthquake potential
— 1 May 2009 16:52 | EnvironmentFor more than a decade, scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have been unravelling the history of fault ruptures below the cobalt blue waters of Lake Tahoe…
New Madrid fault system may be shutting down
— 22 Mar 2009 17:00 | Geology and palaeontologyThe New Madrid fault system does not behave as earthquake hazard models assume and may be in the process of shutting down, a new study shows…
Scientists expose 'buried' fault that caused deadly 2003 quake
— 5 Mar 2009 12:58 | Geology and palaeontologyUsing satellite radar data, NASA-funded scientists have observed, for the first time, the healing of subtle, natural surface scars from an earthquake that occurred on a 'buried' fault…
New monitoring stations detect 'silent earthquakes' in Costa Rica
— 16 Feb 2009 12:56 | Geology and palaeontologyAfter installing an extensive network of monitoring stations in Costa Rica, researchers have detected slow slip events (also known as 'silent earthquakes') along a major fault zone…
Locations of strain, slip identified in major earthquake fault
— 16 Feb 2009 12:56 | Geology and palaeontologyDeep-sea drilling into one of the most active earthquake zones on the planet is providing the first direct look at the geophysical fault properties underlying some of the world's largest…
Trapped water cause of regular tremors under Vancouver Island
— 1 Jan 2009 18:28 | Geology and palaeontologyUniversity of British Columbia researchers are offering the first compelling evidence to explain regular tremors under Vancouver Island…
Great Indian Ocean earthquake of 2004 set off tremors in San Andreas fault
— 11 Dec 2008 11:08 | Geology and palaeontologyIn the last few years there has been a growing number of documented cases in which large earthquakes set off unfelt tremors in earthquake faults hundreds, sometimes even thousands,…
NATO to fund study into earthquake risk
— 10 Nov 2008 14:32 | Geology and palaeontologyIt's a nightmare scenario - a power station built on a major fault line surrounded by toxic waste dumps in an area home to millions of people. Now a project to assess the risk of an…