This Week's Topic:

The Science Of Earthquakes

Given the recent events in Japan, earthquakes - their prediction and causes - are a key concern, along with related issues such as tsunamis and disaster planning.   Here we compile key pieces on earthquakes and tsunamis for the readership.
Why So Many Earthquakes Recently? It's Physics

The earth has four major layers: the inner core, outer core, mantle and crust.  The crust...

Concepción Moved 10ft West By Chile Earthquake

Preliminary measurements indicate that the massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck the west...

Devastation In Chile Amplified By 1960 Magnitude 9.5 Quake

Geologists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) say the massive, 8.8-magnitude earthquake...

Why So Many Earthquakes This Decade?

In light of some comments below, and what appears to be an inability to follow a simple link, I...

New Report Assesses Damage Caused By Haiti Earthquake

Scientists from the University of Washington sent to collect seismic data and evaluate damage from...

The Haiti Earthquake: Science, Early Warning And Mitigation

When we experience disasters like the earthquake in Haiti January 2010, we naturally ask the questions...

Another Major Earthquake In Haiti?

The January 12th earthquake in Haiti killed an estimated 200,000 people and left 1.5 million homeless...

Practical Invisibility - An Earthquake Cloak

'Invisibility' has long been a staple of science fiction.  The ability to go unseen has benefits...

Geologist Explains Why Haiti Earthquake Was Such A Disaster

The disastrous magnitude 7.0 earthquake that triggered destruction and mounting death tolls in...

OpenHazards Group Free Online Earthquake Forecasting Tool

DAVIS, California, December 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Are you at risk from a large, damaging earthquake...

Plastic Rings May Form An 'Invisibility Cloak' Against Earthquakes - Someday

New research at the University of Liverpool says it is possible to develop an 'invisibility cloak'...

Creep Cavitation - Deep Earth Pump Fuels Earthquakes

Scientists have discovered the presence of a natural deep earth 'pump' that is a crucial element...

European Geophysical Union EGU - Earthquakes and Tsunamis

At the European Geophysical Union EGU, Jochen Zschau from GeoForschungZentrum GFZ in Germany presented...

Tectonic Events Behind Pisco Earthquake That Killed 595 In Peru

A magnitude 8.0. earthquake destroyed 90 percent of the city of Pisco, Peru on August 16, 2007...

A Seismic Shift In Earthquake Detection: Tracking Early Impact Through The Internet

ATLANTA and PARIS, April 6 /PRNewswire/ --- Digital Element's IP Intelligence Helps European Seismological...

Earthquake 'Fossils' Abundant, Says Study

Rocks formed only under the extreme heat and friction during earthquakes, called pseudotachylytes...

Earthquake Social Aftershocks - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Runs In Families

Earthquakes have aftershocks — not just the geological kind but the mental kind as well. Just...

New Relative Active Tectonics Index Determines Earthquake Risk In Mountain Chains

To build a hospital, nuclear power station or a large dam you need to know the possible earthquake...

Earthquake Risk To New York City And Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant

A study by a group of prominent seismologists suggests that a pattern of subtle but active faults...

Liquefaction - When Earthquakes Happen Near Rivers, Solids Become Liquids

As Dr. Ronaldo Luna, associate professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering...