“Segment-jumping” ridgecrest earthquakes explored in new study
On the morning of July 4, 2019, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck the Searles Valley in California’s Mojave Desert, with ...
Tag: Earthquakes
Ridgecrest faults increasingly sensitive to solid Earth tides before earthquakes
Faults in the Ridgecrest, California area were very sensitive to solid earth tidal stresses in the year and a half ...
New USGS-FEMA report updates economic risk from earthquakes
Earthquakes cost the nation an estimated $14.7 billion annually in building damage and associated losses according to a new report released jointly ...
Surveys, focus groups reveal what Puerto Rico residents want to know after 2020-21 earthquakes
In the wake of the 2020-2021 Southwest Puerto Rico earthquake sequence, researchers asked emergency responders and residents in affected communities ...
International team of scientists preparing to study Turkey’s East Anatolian fault in the aftermath of February’s major earthquakes
COLUMBIA, Mo. — In February, the countries of Turkey and Syria were devastated by a pair of high-magnitude earthquakes occurring ...
Hundreds of very shallow earthquakes detected in California’s Long Beach and Seal Beach
Seismic arrays deployed in California’s Long Beach and Seal Beach areas detected more than a thousand tiny earthquakes over eight ...
Messages about the “felt intensity” of earthquakes via app can potentially assist early disaster management
After an earthquake, it is crucial in the early phase of disaster management to obtain a rapid assessment of the ...
Deep earthquakes could reveal secrets of the Earth’s mantle
A new study from a University of Chicago scientist suggests there may be a layer of surprisingly fluid rock ringing ...
Study shows how machine learning could predict rare disastrous events, like earthquakes or pandemics
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — When it comes to predicting disasters brought on by extreme events (think earthquakes, pandemics or “rogue waves” ...
Simulations show how bridges are damaged during earthquakes, and how we can prevent it
Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have carried out a detailed simulation showing how a common type of ...
Violent supershear earthquakes are more common than previously thought
Powerful supershear earthquakes, once considered rare, are much more common than previously thought, according to a study led by UCLA ...
Oil and gas activity linked to most recent earthquakes in West Texas
Since 2009, earthquakes have been rapidly rising in the Delaware Basin – a prolific oil-producing region in West Texas and ...
“Hindcasting” helps identify causes of induced earthquakes in Delaware Basin
Using a method that works backward from a set of observed earthquakes to test seismic models that fit those observations, ...
Seismic waves from earthquakes reveal changes in the Earth’s outer core
In May 1997, a large earthquake shook the Kermadec Islands region in the South Pacific Ocean. A little over 20 ...
What can deep diamonds tell us about deep earthquakes?
Diamonds that formed deep in the Earth could help seismologists answer a decades-old question: do fluids play a role in ...
Neural network model helps predict site-specific impacts of earthquakes
In disaster mitigation planning for future large earthquakes, seismic ground motion predictions are a crucial part of early warning systems ...
Smallest earthquakes ever detected in micron-scale metals
On the micrometer scale deformation properties of metals change profoundly: the smooth and continuous behaviour of bulk materials often becomes ...
Ridgecrest shows how earthquakes damage Earth’s crust
In July 2019, a series of earthquakes including two major shocks of magnitude 6.4 and 7.1 a day apart struck ...
Big data imaging shows rock’s big role in channeling earthquakes in Japan
Thanks to 20 years of seismic data processed through one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers, scientists have created the ...
New models assess bridge support repairs after earthquakes
HOUSTON – (Jan. 18, 2022) – Steel-reinforced concrete columns that support many of the world’s bridges are designed to withstand ...