seismic activity
The Science Behind the Haiti Earthquake
In its wake, the magnitude-seven quake in Port-au-Prince created a humanitarian crisis that the world is still trying desperately to respond to. While the…
Small faults in southeast Spain reduce earthquake risk of larger ones
“There are large faults in the eastern part of the Baetic mountain range, which are active and occasionally cause moderate, low magnitude earthquakes…
Oceanic Crust Formation Is Dynamic After All
Imagine the Earth’s crust as the planet’s skin: Some areas are old and wrinkled while others have a fresher, more youthful sheen, as if they had been regularly…
Study reveals seismic shift in methods used to track earthquakes
The team, led by scientists from the University of Edinburgh, says that the new method, which uses data collected from earthquakes, potentially allows the…
Understanding risk to Seattle's high-rise buildings from a giant Cascadian earthquake
What is the risk to high-rise buildings from such a giant earthquake? Although four giant subduction earthquakes occurred elsewhere in the past century, there…
New method for monitoring volcanoes
The measurement results will be used to make it easier to predict volcano eruptions, and they can also be used to improve today's climate models. One of the…