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This tool gives coastal communities a science-based way to assess their disaster readiness. Scientists make fascinating discovery after studying earthquakes and tsunamis: 'Critical insights' first ...
Lighting up earthquakes: How scientists watched ruptures evolve in milliseconds New laboratory earthquake model links real contact area to earthquake dynamics, opening a new pathway for earthquake ...
The model, called "DiTing", is based on one of the biggest data sets of its kind in the world and can be used to spot earthquake signals, monitor seismic activity and support rapid responses to ...
Researchers have developed a physical earthquake model that connects the microscopic real area of contact between fault surfaces to earthquake occurrences, offering new insights into earthquake ...
Hundreds of millions of people across the U.S. live in areas prone to damaging earthquakes, a new map from the U.S. Geological Survey shows.
Officially, this is known as the Android Earthquake Alerts System. As is often the case with Android, you may find it in a slightly different spot in Settings depending on the make and model of your ...
Researchers have developed a laboratory earthquake model that connects the microscopic real contact area between fault surfaces to the possibility of earthquake occurrences. Published in the ...
The latest version of the U.S. Geological Survey’s earthquake hazard model, issued last week, shows “a chance for greater shaking” from earthquakes in California than previous iterations ...
A Times investigation and forensic analysis uncovered how flawed design and minimal oversight proved fatal when a major earthquake struck southern Turkey.
Hurricanes and earthquakes When someone’s Florida property insurance company fails, why should others pay? | Column, Jan. 21 Jim Verhulst’s column details the costly charges paid by Florida ...