News articles tagged with 'seismic'
Scientists find increase in microearthquakes after Chilean quake
— 26 Feb 2011 17:21 | Geology and palaeontologyBy studying seismographs from the earthquake that hit Chile last February, earth scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have found a statistically significant increase of…
New Zealand earthquake damage illustrates risks posed by shallow crustal faults
— 23 Feb 2011 19:44 | Geology and palaeontologyThe terribly destructive earthquake that just hit Christchurch, New Zealand, was only a moderate 6.3 magnitude, but had certain characteristics that offer an important lesson to cities…
Storms, soccer matches hidden in seismometer noise
— 18 Jan 2011 16:54 | Geology and palaeontologyIf you wander up to a seismograph in a museum, unless you are lucky enough to be there right during an earthquake, all you will see is a small wiggly signal being recorded…
Researchers find mathematical patterns to forecast earthquakes
— 2 Dec 2010 19:52 | Geology and palaeontologyResearchers from the Universidad Pablo de Olavide (UPO) and the Universidad de Sevilla (US) have found patterns of behaviour that occur before an earthquake on the Iberian peninsula.…
Panama Canal, Panama City at risk of large earthquake, says new research
— 19 Nov 2010 12:17 | Geology and palaeontologyNew data suggest that the Limon and Pedro Miguel faults in Central Panama have ruptured both independently and in unison over the past 1400 years, indicating a significant seismic risk…
10 years of Soufriere Hills Volcano research published
— 19 Nov 2010 12:08 | Geology and palaeontologyThe Soufriere Hills Volcano on Montserrat erupted in 1995, and an international team of researchers has studied this volcano from land and sea since then to understand the workings…
A speed gun for the Earth's insides
— 28 Oct 2010 15:45 | Geology and palaeontologyResearchers at the University of Bristol reveal today in the journal Nature that they have developed a seismological 'speed gun' for the inside of the Earth. Using this technique they…
NOAA-sponsored scientists first to map offshore San Andreas Fault and associated ecosystems
— 1 Oct 2010 11:42 | EnvironmentFor the first time, scientists are using advanced technology and an innovative vessel to study, image, and map the unexplored offshore Northern San Andreas Fault from north of San Francisco…
High pressure experiments reproduce mineral structures 1,800 miles deep
— 24 Sep 2010 11:44 | Geology and palaeontologyUniversity of California, Berkeley, and Yale University scientists have recreated the tremendous pressures and high temperatures deep in the Earth to resolve a long-standing puzzle:…
Video simulations of real earthquakes made available to worldwide network
— 23 Sep 2010 10:06 | Geology and palaeontologyA Princeton University-led research team has developed the capability to produce realistic movies of earthquakes based on complex computer simulations that can be made available worldwide…