EARTHQUAKES

Shallow 5.5 quake sets off rockslides in southwest China

Rescuers were headed to the site of a magnitude 5.5 earthquake Thursday in a region of southwestern China at the base of the Tibetan...

Quake shakes east Indonesia, south Philippines; no tsunami

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake shook eastern Indonesia and southern Philippines on Wednesday, with no damage immediately reported and no tsunami warning issued. Some residents tried...

Deep-sea devices detect earthquakes, singing whales and an exploding ship

Explosions from a sinking ship are among the unexpected sounds detected by 50 highly sensitive seismometers placed on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean...

Strong earthquake shakes western Indonesia, no tsunami alert

A strong undersea earthquake shook western Indonesia Monday morning. But there were no immediate reports of serious damage or casualties. The magnitude 6.0 earthquake was...

Plate tectonics in the twenty-first century

The emergence of plate tectonics in the late 1960s led to a paradigm shift from fixism to mobilism of global tectonics, providing a unifying...

What is an aftershock? Learn about the smaller earthquakes impacting Northern California.

Northern California residents awoke early Tuesday to a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that killed at least two people, damaged infrastructure and cut off power for...

New tectonic plate model could improve earthquake risk assessment

New Zealand is no stranger to earthquakes. Scientists estimate that more than 20,000 occur each year, and the deadliest ones can shudder the entire...

California earthquake puts early warning system to the test

As sensors picked up the first signs of a strong earthquake jolting the Northern California coast, an alert was blasted to 3 million smartphone...

Hawai’i earthquake swarm caused by magma moving through ‘sills’

Magma pumping through a massive complex of flat, interconnected chambers deep beneath volcanoes in Hawai'i appears to be responsible for an unexplained swarm of...

Deep, 5.8 magnitude quake shakes Indonesia’s capital

A strong and deep earthquake shook Indonesia's capital and other parts of the main island Java on Thursday but there were no immediate reports...

Finding faults and examining stresses following Japan’s giant 2011 earthquake

The great 2011 earthquake that caused the tsunami in northeastern Japan is still remembered for its destructive power. Also known as the Mw 9.0 Tohoku...

Earthquake lab experiments produce aftershock-like behavior

Earthquakes are notoriously hard to predict, and so too are the usually less-severe aftershocks that often follow a major seismic event. Greg McLaskey '05, associate...

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