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Seismic waves from earthquakes reveal changes in the Earth’s outer core

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In May 1997, a large earthquake shook the Kermadec Islands region in the South Pacific Ocean. A little over 20 years later, in September...

Understanding the nature of big earthquakes

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Songqiao "Shawn" Wei, an Endowed Assistant Professor of Geological Sciences in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences in the College of Natural Science...

Lab earthquakes show how grains at fault boundaries lead to major quakes

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By simulating earthquakes in a lab, Caltech engineers have provided strong experimental support for a form of earthquake propagation now thought responsible for the...

Tracking ancient earthquakes by taking the temperatures of faults

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Understanding ancient earthquakes helps researchers estimate the hazards posed by modern earthquakes. Reported in a new study, geologists have come up with a new...

Offshore earthquake shakes Taiwan; no danger of tsunami

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A strong earthquake struck off the east coast of Taiwan on Monday, shaking buildings in the capital, Taipei. No serious damage or injuries were...

Mega-landslide in giant Utah copper mine may have triggered earthquakes

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Landslides are one of the most hazardous aspects of our planet, causing billions of dollars in damage and thousands of deaths each year. Most...

A swarm of 85,000 earthquakes at the Antarctic Orca submarine volcano

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Volcanoes can be found even off the coast of Antarctica. At the deep-sea volcano Orca, which has been inactive for a long time, a...

2014 Napa earthquake continued to creep

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On August 24, 2014, just south of Napa, California, a fault in the Earth suddenly slipped, violently shifting and splitting huge blocks of solid...

Aftershocks of 1959 earthquake rocked Yellowstone in 2017-18

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On Aug. 17, 1959, back when Dwight D. Eisenhower was president, the U.S. had yet to send a human to space and the nation’s...

Collaboration helps geophysicists better understand severe earthquake-tsunami risks

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For nearly a decade, researchers at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) München and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have fostered a healthy collaboration between geophysicists...

Earthquake faults are smarter than we usually think

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Northwestern University researchers now have an answer to a vexing age-old question: Why do earthquakes sometimes come in clusters? The research team has developed a...

San Andreas Fault’s creeping section could unleash large earthquakes

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The central section of the San Andreas Fault could host larger quakes than previously realized. The middle section of the San Andreas Fault may have...
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