Industry corruption, shoddy construction likely contributed to Haiti quake...
The death toll in the massive 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti Jan. 12 is expected to continue to rise in the coming days, likely in large part because of corruption and resulting shoddy construction...
View ArticleWhat Happened in Haiti?
(PhysOrg.com) -- As the world focuses on the heart-wrenching losses and unbelievable devastation of the recent earthquake in Haiti, researchers at Michigan Technological University, discuss what...
View ArticleSan Andreas Fault study unearths new quake information
Recent collaborative studies of stream channel offsets along the San Andreas Fault by researchers at Arizona State University and UC Irvine reveal new information about fault behavior - affecting how...
View ArticleGreat Southern California shakeout results provide new communication strategies
Researchers who devised the largest earthquake preparedness event ever undertaken in the United States say one of the biggest challenges was translating devastation projections from a hypothetical...
View ArticleTopography Reflects Baja Quake Site's Complex Geology
(PhysOrg.com) -- The topography surrounding the Laguna Salada fault in the Mexican state of Baja, California, is clearly shown in this combined radar image and topographic view (above) generated with...
View ArticleTiny clays curb big earthquakes
California's San Andreas fault is notorious for repeatedly generating major earthquakes and for being on the brink of producing the next "big one" in a heavily populated area. But the famously violent...
View ArticleBig quakes more frequent than thought on San Andreas fault
Earthquakes have rocked the powerful San Andreas fault that splits California far more often than previously thought, according to UC Irvine and Arizona State University researchers who have charted...
View ArticleFault finding: UCI seismologist finds far more frequent earthquakes along the...
(PhysOrg.com) -- UCI seismologist Lisa Grant Ludwig finds far more frequent earthquakes along the San Andreas fault.
View ArticleScientists to map offshore San Andreas Fault and associated ecosystems
For the first time, scientists are using advanced technology and an innovative vessel to study, image, and map the unexplored offshore Northern San Andreas Fault from north of San Francisco to its...
View ArticleScientists say the Big One could be even bigger
The Big One predicted for the San Andreas fault could end up being bigger than earthquake experts previously thought.
View Article'M8' earthquake simulation breaks computational records, promises better...
A multi-disciplinary team of researchers has presented the world's most advanced earthquake shaking simulation at the Supercomputing 2010 (SC10) conference held this week in New Orleans. The research...
View ArticleProject will monitor tremor activity beneath southern San Andreas Fault
The Berkeley Seismological Laboratory will begin early next year to install earthquake detectors on the southern San Andreas Fault near the town of Cholame to study mysterious tremors discovered...
View ArticleLake-effect theory sinks, but quake timing questions go on
(PhysOrg.com) -- A chronology of 1,000 years of earthquakes at the southern end of the San Andreas Fault nixes the idea that lake changes in the now-dry region caused past quakes. However, researchers...
View ArticleGeoscientists improve modeling of San Andreas fault
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the aftermath of recent earthquakes in New Zealand and Japan, people who follow world news have been learning just how little scientists know about even the major fault systems and...
View ArticleDistant earthquakes can trigger deep slow fault slip
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers examining the San Andreas Fault in central California have found evidence that distant earthquakes can trigger episodes of accelerated (but still very slow) slip motion,...
View ArticleScientists focus on Salton Sea as possible earthquake risk
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a bit of coincidental news, no sooner had earthquake scientists posted warnings about the instability of the southern part of the San Andreas Fault hidden beneath the Salton Sea,...
View ArticleScientists tie Colorado River flooding to San Andreas quakes
Researchers believe Colorado River damming projects that followed the creation of the Salton Sea could be one reason why Southern California is overdue for a major earthquake.
View ArticleEarthquakes to the core -- Researchers drill down at the epicenter
"What do I remember about an earthquake? I was in the 7th grade. All of a sudden the floor just started shaking. Desks were falling over. Kids were falling on the ground. It was so scary. It happened...
View ArticleEarthquakes generate big heat in super-small areas: study
Most earthquakes that are seen, heard, and felt around the world are caused by fast slip on faults. While the earthquake rupture itself can travel on a fault as fast as the speed of sound or better,...
View ArticleWhy did the Southern Gulf of California rupture so rapidly?
The November GSA Today science article, "Why did the Southern Gulf of California rupture so rapidly? -- Oblique divergence across hot, weak lithosphere along a tectonically active margin," is now online.
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