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From Where Will The Next Big Earthquake Hit The City of Istanbul?
The city of Istanbul is focus of great concern for earthquake researchers. This 15-million metropole is situated very close to
Read moreCommunicating Tsunami Evacuations Effectively
An effective communication approach incorporating computer simulations could help people find practical means to evacuate in the event of a
Read moreNew Model Could Help Predict Major Earthquakes
A Nagoya University-led team reveals the mechanisms behind different earthquakes at a plate boundary on the west coast of South
Read moreNew Study Ranks Hazardous Asteroid Effects From Least to Most Destructive
Violent winds, shock waves from impacts pose greatest threat to humans If an asteroid struck Earth, which of its effects—scorching
Read moreWall Street algorithm helps scientists track ‘slow slip’ earthquakes
“We might use the method to look at the seismic effects of groundwater extraction, volcanic inflation and all kinds of
Read moreFirst Came a ‘Catastrophic Collapse,’ Then a Tsunami
More than 300,000 years ago, a massive chunk of rock broke off from Australia’s continental shelf, triggering the largest undersea
Read moreGoing deep to learn the secrets of Japan’s earthquakes
The 11 March 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake was the largest and most destructive in the history of Japan. Japanese researchers —
Read moreNovel mechanism to stop tsunamis in their tracks proposed
Devastating tsunamis could be halted before hitting Earth’s shoreline by firing deep-ocean sound waves at the oncoming mass of water,
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