earthquake
New Zealand earthquake damage illustrates risks posed by shallow crustal faults
CORVALLIS, Ore. — The terribly destructive earthquake that just hit Christchurch, New Zealand, was only a moderate 6.3 magnitude, but had certain characteristics that offer an important lesson to cities up and down the West Coast of North Americ…
MU researcher says the next large central US earthquake may not be in New Madrid
COLUMBIA, Mo. — This December marks the bicentennial of the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-12, which are the biggest earthquakes known to have occurred in the central U.S.
Now, based on the earthquake record in China, a University of Missouri re…
Back to the dead (sea, that is)
They’ll drill through four ice ages, epic sandstorms, mankind’s migration from Africa to the New World, and the biggest droughts in history. Tel Aviv University is heading an international study that for the first time will dig deep beneath th…
Tsunami risk higher in Los Angeles, other major cities
Geologists studying the Jan. 12 Haiti earthquake say the risk of destructive tsunamis is higher than expected in places such as Kingston, Istanbul, and Los Angeles.
Like Haiti’s capital, these cities all lie near the coast and near an active geolo…
Big quakes more frequent than thought on San Andreas fault
Irvine, Calif., Aug. 20, 2010 — Earthquakes have rocked the powerful San Andreas fault that splits California far more often than previously thought, according to UC Irvine and Arizona State University researchers who have charted temblors there s…