All posts tagged "earthquakes"

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How shallow, deep earthquakes differ

Military personnel clear debris at a temple that was damaged by a strong earthquake in Bagan,...

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World’s shallowest slow-motion earthquakes detected offshore of New Zealand

Scientists deploy an ocean bottom seismometer and absolute pressure gauge offshore of Gisborne, New Zealand from...

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Language and earthquakes: Insights in disaster response

Yangchen Bista, part of a team of 16 locally originating trained field research assistants, interviews a...

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Earthquakes on thrust faults can spread 10 times farther to a second nearby thrust fault than previously thought

Interferogram images of the earthquakes in Pakistan. Credit: UC Riverside A team of researchers, including one...

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Researchers find new cause of strong earthquakes

Penn State researcher Christelle Wauthier led a study to investigate ties between two natural disasters occurring...

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Research may explain mysterious deep earthquakes in subduction zones

The mineral lawsonite undergoes brittle failure at high temperature and pressure, as evidenced by the cracks...

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Catastrophic medieval earthquakes in the Nepal

Bhim Kali boulder on top of the sediment deposits near Pokhara in Nepal. The boulder is...