Researchers test seafloor fiber optic cable as an earthquake early warning system
One of the biggest challenges for earthquake early warning systems (EEW) is the lack of seismic stations located offshore of ...
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AI-driven earthquake forecasting shows promise in trials
A new attempt to predict earthquakes with the aid of artificial intelligence has raised hopes that the technology could one ...
Tree rings reveal a new kind of earthquake threat to the Pacific Northwest
In February, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake shook the Turkey-Syria border, followed by one nearly as large nine hours later. Shallow faults ...
What can central Utah’s earthquake ‘swarms’ reveal about the West’s seismicity?
Most of the earthquakes rumbling under the West’s Great Basin come in surges, clustered together in time and place. Scientists ...
Rise of malicious bots: how automatons shake up Twitter with earthquake conspiracies
Earthquakes, resulting from the collision of tectonic plates, are widely recognized as natural occurrences, and extensive scientific knowledge exists in ...
When an earthquake strikes, how do Mexico city hospitals respond?
Staff in public and private hospitals in Mexico City are likely to follow well-established and reinforced earthquake early warning (EEW) ...
Warm liquid spewing from Oregon seafloor comes from Cascadia fault, could offer clues to earthquake hazards
The field of plate tectonics is not that old, and scientists continue to learn the details of earthquake-producing geologic faults. ...
UTEP to lead new earthquake center with support from National Science Foundation
El PASO, Texas (Dec. 19, 2022) – A $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will spur The University of ...
Landslide risk remains long after an earthquake
Satellite observations have revealed that weak seismic ground shaking can trigger powerful landslide acceleration – even several years after a ...
Earthquake lab experiments produce aftershock-like behavior
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Earthquakes are notoriously hard to predict, and so too are the usually less-severe aftershocks that often follow a ...
Deepest scientific ocean drilling sheds light on Japan’s next great earthquake
Scientists who drilled deeper into an undersea earthquake fault than ever before have found that the tectonic stress in Japan’s ...
Nanoscale observations simplify how scientists describe earthquake movement
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Using single calcite crystals with varying surface roughness allows engineers to simplify the complex physics that describes ...
New earthquake assessments available to strengthen preparedness in Europe
During the 20th century, earthquakes in Europe accounted for more than 200,000 deaths and over 250 billion Euros in losses. ...
Explaining the slow surprise in the middle of the sandwich (earthquake)
The 12 August 2021 South Sandwich Island earthquake had a surprise hidden within its complex rupture sequence: a slow, shallow ...
Earthquake early warning moves forward in four central American countries
Public tests of an earthquake early warning system in Nicaragua are among the latest steps in a collaboration to build ...
Superconducting gradiometer could speed up earthquake early warning
A device that could detect minute, transient fluctuations in gravity caused by an earthquake could be a useful tool in ...
Groundbreaking earthquake discovery: Risk models overlook an important element
Earthquakes themselves affect the movement of Earth's tectonic plates, which in turn could impact on future earthquakes, according to new ...
*Free* Citizen seismology provided rapid insight into damaging 2021 Haiti Earthquake and its aftershocks
A network of simple seismic stations, hosted in volunteers’ homes, helped to rapidly evaluate and characterize the Mw7.2 Nippes earthquake ...
Earthquake fracture energy relates to how a quake stops
ITHACA, N.Y. – By examining earthquake models from a fresh perspective, Cornell University engineers now show that the earthquake fracture energy ...
Hidden magnitude-8.2 earthquake source of mysterious 2021 global tsunami
Highlights Credit: Zhe Jia and AGU Highlights A 47 km-deep, magnitude 7.5 earthquake that struck the south Atlantic in 2021 ...
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Researchers uncover NSMF protein’s role in relieving DNA replication stress
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Scientists uncover how fermented-food bacteria can guard against depression, anxiety
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Scientists build tiny biological robots from human cells
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Null results research now published by major behavioral medicine journal
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‘Bone biographies’ reveal lives of medieval England’s common people – and illuminate early benefits system
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Study tests firefighter turnout gear with, without PFAS