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Newswise: Cracking the Secrets to Earthquake Safety, One Shake Simulation at a Time
Released: 15-Sep-2022 4:00 PM EDT
Cracking the Secrets to Earthquake Safety, One Shake Simulation at a Time
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

A new experimental facility that replicates realistic earthquakes in the laboratory, paired with the world’s fastest supercomputers, will help scientists and engineers build and retrofit shake-resilient buildings and infrastructure across the U.S.

Released: 26-Aug-2022 3:05 PM EDT
Hidden microearthquakes illuminate large earthquake-hosting faults in Oklahoma and Kansas
Seismological Society of America (SSA)

Using machine learning to sift through a decade’s worth of seismic data, researchers have identified hundreds of thousands of microearthquakes along some previously unknown fault structures in Oklahoma and Kansas.

Newswise: New UW Photonic Sensing Facility will use fiber-optic cables for seismic sensing, glaciology and more
Released: 23-Aug-2022 6:05 PM EDT
New UW Photonic Sensing Facility will use fiber-optic cables for seismic sensing, glaciology and more
University of Washington

A new research center is exploring the use of fiber-optic sensing for seismology, glaciology, and even urban monitoring. Funded in part with a $473,000 grant from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, the new UW Photonic Sensing Facility will use photons traveling through a fiber-optic cable to detect ground motions as small as 1 nanometer.

Released: 19-Aug-2022 3:05 PM EDT
Wave created by Tonga volcano eruption reached 90 meters - nine times taller than 2011 Japan tsunami
University of Bath

The eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in January created an initial wave 90 metres high – almost the height of the Statue of Liberty (93m)

Newswise: Geological Carbon Sequestration in Mantle Rocks Prevents Large Earthquakes in Parts of the San Andreas Fault
Released: 17-Aug-2022 10:05 AM EDT
Geological Carbon Sequestration in Mantle Rocks Prevents Large Earthquakes in Parts of the San Andreas Fault
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Now, researchers say ubiquitous evidence for ongoing geological carbon sequestration in mantle rocks in the creeping sections of the SAF is one underlying cause of aseismic creep along a roughly 150 kilometer-long SAF segment between San Juan Bautista and Parkfield, California, and along several other fault segments.

Released: 2-Aug-2022 2:05 PM EDT
Wildfires are intensifying around the world. Here are the latest headlines in wildfires research for media
Newswise

California’s McKinney Fire grew to become the state’s largest fire so far this year. The risk of wildfire is rising globally due to climate change. Below are some of the latest articles that have been added to the Wildfires channel on Newswise.

       
Newswise: Earthquake seismologist launches international study of oceanic plate
Released: 11-Jul-2022 4:05 PM EDT
Earthquake seismologist launches international study of oceanic plate
Northern Arizona University

Find out how an NAU team, led by professor Jim Gaherty, will conduct a seismological study of the Cocos tectonic plate deep beneath the Pacific Ocean.

Newswise: KyotoU PEGS away at catching quakes at light speed
Released: 21-Jun-2022 8:15 AM EDT
KyotoU PEGS away at catching quakes at light speed
Kyoto University

A novel AI-based approach to detect earthquakes early uses prompt elasto-gravity signals, or PEGS, gravitational changes generated by large-mass motion in megaquakes. PEGS carry information about an ongoing earthquake at the speed of light, arriving much faster than even the fastest seismic waves.

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Released: 8-Jun-2022 1:05 AM EDT
Updating Our Understanding of Earth’s Architecture
University of Adelaide

New models that show how the continents were assembled are providing fresh insights into the history of the Earth and will help provide a better understanding of natural hazards like earthquakes and volcanoes.

Newswise: The History of Lake Cahuilla Before the Salton Sea
Released: 31-May-2022 5:05 PM EDT
The History of Lake Cahuilla Before the Salton Sea
San Diego State University

Today, the Salton Sea is an eerie place. Its mirror-like surface belies the toxic stew within. Fish skeletons line its shores and the ruins of a once thriving vacation playground is a reminder of better days.

Released: 26-May-2022 1:55 PM EDT
Tsunami Threats Underestimated in Current Models, New Research Shows
University of Southern California (USC)

The 2004 Sumatra earthquake generated one of the most destructive tsunamis ever recorded, with 100-foot waves that killed nearly 230,000 and resulted in an estimated $10 billion in damage.

Newswise: New Research Could Provide Earlier Warning of Tsunamis
Released: 11-May-2022 6:20 PM EDT
New Research Could Provide Earlier Warning of Tsunamis
Los Alamos National Laboratory

A new method of detecting mega earthquakes, which picks up on the gravity waves they generate by using deep-learning models created at Los Alamos National Laboratory, can estimate earthquake magnitude in real time and provide earlier warning of tsunamis.

Newswise: New earthquake assessments available to strengthen preparedness in Europe
Released: 28-Apr-2022 1:55 PM EDT
New earthquake assessments available to strengthen preparedness in Europe
ETH Zürich

During the 20th century, earthquakes in Europe accounted for more than 200,000 deaths and over 250 billion Euros in losses.

Released: 22-Apr-2022 4:05 PM EDT
Volcanoes at fault if the Earth slips
Kyoto University

The 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes shocked inhabitants of the western island of Kyushu, causing hundreds of casualties and serious damage to vital infrastructure.

Released: 22-Apr-2022 1:05 PM EDT
Explaining the slow surprise in the middle of the sandwich (earthquake)
Seismological Society of America (SSA)

The 12 August 2021 South Sandwich Island earthquake had a surprise hidden within its complex rupture sequence: a slow, shallow magnitude 8.16 subevent that was “invisible” to researchers at first glance.

Newswise: Earliest geochemical evidence of plate tectonics found in 3.8-billion-year-old crystal
Released: 21-Apr-2022 2:00 PM EDT
Earliest geochemical evidence of plate tectonics found in 3.8-billion-year-old crystal
American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Tiny zircons found in South Africa point to an early start for the active global process that shapes Earth’s surface and climate.

Released: 18-Apr-2022 1:05 PM EDT
Neural network model helps predict site-specific impacts of earthquakes
Hiroshima University

In disaster mitigation planning for future large earthquakes, seismic ground motion predictions are a crucial part of early warning systems and seismic hazard mapping.

Released: 13-Apr-2022 2:15 PM EDT
A swarm of 85,000 earthquakes at the Antarctic Orca submarine volcano
GFZ GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam

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 sequence of more than 85,000 earthquakes was registered in 2020, a swarm quake that reached proportions not previously observed for this region.

Released: 23-Mar-2022 12:15 PM EDT
Undersea Sediment Reveals Clues About Seismic Activity
Ohio State University

Earthquakes are famously impossible to predict, and have been the cause of some of the most devastating events in human history. But could we learn more about these natural disasters by tracking them backwards through time?



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