Tag: quakes

Understanding how gold forms is crucial for knowing where to find it and how to extract it sustainably. McGill researchers have answered a long-standing question in geology that could lead to new ore discoveries. Researchers traveled to...
Earth system models (ESMs) help us understand climate and environmental changes. With advances in computing power, ESMs can now be run at kilometer-scale (k-scale) resolutions, capturing very fine details to better predict extreme weather and understand...

Quakes rock southwestern Iceland as volcanic eruption looms

Iceland declared a state of emergency on Friday after a series of powerful earthquakes rocked the country's southwestern Reykjanes peninsula, in what could be...

Why the Earth quakes: A closer look at what’s going on under the ground

Earthquakes, large and small, happen every single day along zones that wrap around the world like seams on a baseball. Most don't bother anybody,...

Swarm of quakes at Alaska volcano could mean eruption coming

A swarm of earthquakes occurring over the past few weeks has intensified at a remote Alaska volcano dormant for over a century, a possible...

A glance at the world’s deadliest quakes in past 25 years

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake shook Turkey and Syria on Monday, killing more than 4,000 people in the two countries. The death toll is expected...

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

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

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