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Geologists element seemingly web site of San Andreas Fault’s subsequent main quake
Geologists determine the San Andreas Fault’s ‘Durmid Ladder’ construction, a a virtually 15.5-mile-long, sheared zone with two, almost parallel grasp faults and a whole bunch of smaller, rung-like cross faults that might be the positioning of the area’s subsequent main … Continue reading
Western US Quake? Fifty simulations of the ‘Really Big One’ show how a 9.0 Cascadia earthquake could play out
The largest number yet of detailed simulations for how a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake might play out provides a clearer picture of what the region can expect when the fault unleashes a 9.0 earthquake. Geology News — ScienceDaily
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California fault could cause magnitude-7.4 quake
A schematic block model of Southern California showing the motion of the Pacific and North American plates, and the big bend of the San Andreas fault where the plates squeeze together. Fault system off San Diego, Orange, Los Angeles counties … Continue reading
Magnitude 7.0 quake shakes Central America
Images from the USGS and the NHC show the positions of the 7.0 earthquake and Hurricane Otto Major earthquake strikes off Central America; no tsunami threat to Hawaii An earthquake of magnitude 7 has hit the Pacific coast as a hurricane … Continue reading
Small earthquakes could help warn of the next big quake in Australia
Earthquake activity in our region since 1973, showing small clusters of seismically active regions near Perth, Adelaide and the east coast. Credit: Solomon Buckman, Author provided Small earthquakes can point to a region where larger, destructive and potentially deadly quakes … Continue reading
Italy quake made ground move 70cm
This aerial photo shows damaged buildings in Amatrice. Areas hit by Italy’s 6.5-magnitude quake displaced the ground by up to 70 centimetres (27.5 inches), Italian scientists reported on Tuesday. Satellite images found that Sunday’s tremor deformed the landscape over 130 … Continue reading
USGS: Oklahoma quake likely caused by wastewater disposal
Image source: Geer Association The third-largest earthquake in Oklahoma was likely triggered by underground disposal of wastewater from oil and natural gas production, the U.S. Geological Survey found in a report issued Monday. The magnitude 5.1 quake that struck northwest … Continue reading
7.7-magnitude quake off Northern Marianas, no tsunami alert
There have been no reports of injuries or significant damage after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck the Northern Marianas this morning. The earthquake’s epicentre was about 30 kilometres south, southeast of the uninhabited island of Agrihan, in the north of … Continue reading
Japan’s quake could affect Korea in upcoming years
IRIS Seismic Map The possibility of an earthquake with a magnitude of up to 5.5 occurring on the Korean Peninsula in the next several years cannot be ruled out in the wake of Japan’s latest quakes, a geologist here said, … Continue reading
San Andreas Fault ‘locked, loaded and ready to roll’ with big quake
Representative photo Southern California’s section of the San Andreas Fault is “locked, loaded and ready to roll,” a leading earthquake scientist said Wednesday at the National Earthquake Conference in Long Beach. The San Andreas Fault is one of California’s most … Continue reading