More Than 100 Landslides Strike Turkey Following Devastating Earthquakes
Scientists are using satellite images to locate landslides following the powerful earthquakes that struck in early February. The magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 earthquakes that shook…
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Deep Earthquakes Reveal Shocking Secrets of the Inner Earth
350-mile-deep earthquake used in scientific study to make elusive measurements of the Earth’s layers. There may be a layer of surprisingly fluid rock ringing the…
NASA Satellites Map Earthquake Damage in Turkey
Scientists from NASA and other agencies are using satellites to map damage caused by the devastating earthquake in the Republic of Türkiye. On February 6,…
Eavesdropping on the Earth Itself – A New Groundbreaking Plan
Current fiber-optic cable systems could be leveraged to create a cost-effective, real-time ocean-to-land observatory, providing the possibility to monitor everything from ships, to earthquakes, to…
Revolutionizing Disaster Prevention: New Earthquake Prediction Model Unveiled by Scientists
A new earthquake model has been developed by Northwestern University that considers the full history of a fault’s earthquakes to better forecast the next one….
Violent Supershear Earthquakes Are Much More Common Than Previously Thought
Supershear earthquakes occur when a fault ruptures faster than seismic shear waves can travel through rock. The events were thought to be rare because scientists…
Magma Beneath a Long-Dormant Volcano Has Been Observed Moving Upwards
Research reveals magma activity beneath Mount Edgecumbe. According to a recent study from the Alaska Volcano Observatory, magma underneath the long-dormant Mount Edgecumbe volcano in…
Predicting Earthquakes: Slight Shifts in Magnetic Field Preceded California Quakes
Magnetometers detected faint signals that may improve our understanding of what happens before earthquakes and offer promise for early detection. Scientists studying intermediate to large…
Monstrous “Mega-Earthquake” Triggered by Impact That Killed the Dinosaurs
A 6-mile (10-kilometer) asteroid hit Earth 66 million years ago, triggering the extinction of the dinosaurs. According to new evidence, the Chicxulub impact also triggered…
A Global Tsunami: How Did the Tonga Tsunami Jump From Ocean to Ocean?
Scientists explain an unusual tsunami. A new study published in the journal Nature describes the process that produced and propagated an unusual tsunami following the catastrophic…
Oil and Gas Production Is Causing a Worrying Number of Earthquakes
Recent earthquakes in West Texas have been connected to oil and gas operations. The number of earthquakes has been steadily increasing in the West Texas…
Changes in Earth’s Outer Core Revealed by Seismic Waves From Earthquakes
Theory underpins our understanding of convection in the Earth’s outer core and its function in controlling the planet’s magnetic field. Convective flows or how they…
New Understanding of Earth’s Architecture: Updated Maps of Tectonic Plates
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…
Diamonds That Formed Deep in the Earth Could Help Explain Earthquake Mystery
What Can Deep Diamonds Tell Us About Deep Earthquakes? Diamonds that formed deep in the Earth could help seismologists answer a decades-old question: could fluids…
Dislocation Avalanches: Smallest Earthquakes Ever Detected in Micron-Scale Metals
On the micrometer scale deformation properties of metals change profoundly: the smooth and continuous behavior of bulk materials often becomes jerky due to random strain…
Quake-Ception – Groundbreaking Earthquake Discovery: Risk Models Overlook an Important Element
Earthquakes themselves affect the movement of Earth’s tectonic plates, which in turn could impact on future earthquakes, according to new research from the University of…
Hidden Magnitude-8.2 Earthquake Source of Mysterious Global Tsunami
Researchers uncover why a complex earthquake in the south Atlantic sent an unexpected tsunami around the world in 2021. A 47 km-deep, magnitude 7.5 earthquake…
Two Major Shocks Near Ridgecrest California Show How Earthquakes Damage Earth’s Crust
In July 2019, a series of earthquakes including two major shocks of magnitude 6.4 and 7.1 a day apart struck near Ridgecrest, CA, between Los…
