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Seismologists Monitor Ridgecrest Aftershocks Using Novel Fiber Optic Network
July 26, 2019 
Seismologists from Caltech are using fiber optic cables to monitor and record the aftershocks from the 2019 Ridgecrest…
Seismologists seek space on volunteers’ floors and lawns to study Seattle seismic risks
May 31, 2019
The Puget Sound area is vulnerable to several types of seismic risks. We might fixate on “The Really…
Quack Chats explores the insides of the world’s great volcanoes
May 20, 2019
Most people know what the outside of a volcano looks like, but not many can describe what they’re…
Scientists Identify Almost 2 Million Previously “Hidden” Earthquakes
April 23, 2019
Pouring through 10 years’ worth of Southern California seismic data with the scientific equivalent of a fine-tooth comb,…
Dark Fiber Lays Groundwork for Long-Distance Earthquake Detection and Groundwater Mapping
February 6, 2019 
Berkeley Lab researchers capture a detailed picture of how earthquakes travel through the Earth’s subsurface. In traditional seismology,…
Deadly Indonesian Quake Was a Rare ‘Superfast’ Event
February 5, 2019
Last September’s major earthquake near Palu City on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi was a rare supershear event,…
‘Silent slip’ along fault line serves as prelude to big earthquakes, research suggests
January 23, 2019
Big earthquakes appear to follow a brief episode of “shallow mantle creep” and “seismic swarms,” suggests new research…
Seismic study reveals huge amount of water dragged into Earth’s interior
November 19, 2018
Slow-motion collisions of tectonic plates under the ocean drag about three times more water down into the deep…
Seismic activity induced by spectators at stadium, measured with Raspberry Pi
November 12, 2018
The University of Michigan is home to the largest stadium in the USA (the second-largest in the world!).…
‘Majority rules’ when looking for earthquakes, explosions
October 30, 2018
New Sandia software reduces false, missed detections of seismic activity A dormant volcano in Antarctica helped researchers at…
Tiny northwest quakes tied to deep-crust structure
October 29, 2018
The earthquakes are so small and deep that someone standing in Seattle would never feel them. In fact,…
Experiments using Diamond Anvils Yield New Insight into the Deep Earth
September 25, 2018
Nearly 1,800 miles below the earth’s surface, there are large odd structures lurking at the base of the…
New imagery solves mystery of why Mount St. Helens is out of line with other volcanoes
September 5, 2018
Some of the clearest, most comprehensive images of the top several miles of the Earth’s crust have helped…
Injection wells can induce earthquakes miles away from the well
August 31, 2018
A study of earthquakes induced by injecting fluids deep underground has revealed surprising patterns, suggesting that current recommendations…
Research finds quakes can systematically trigger other ones on opposite side of Earth
August 7, 2018
New research shows that a big earthquake can not only cause other quakes, but large ones, and on…
New model reveals rips in Earth’s mantle layer below southern Tibet
August 1, 2018
Seismic waves are helping researchers uncover the mysterious subsurface history of the Tibetan Plateau, possibly lending insight to…
Earthquake in the laboratory
July 17, 2018
High-pressure experiments allow the spread of seismic waves to be observed in the mineral ferropericlase. Research scientists at…
Sub-sea rift spills secrets to seismic probe
April 30, 2018
The first study to spring from a Rice University-led 2013 international expedition to map the sea floor off the coast…
Supercomputers yield sharper view of Yellowstone’s magma
April 19, 2018
UO researchers, using the power of supercomputer modeling, have delivered focus to fuzzy views of previously published seismic…
Continental interiors may not be as tectonically stable as geologists think
February 20, 2018
A University of Illinois-led team has identified unexpected geophysical signals underneath tectonically stable interiors of South America and…
Fox Creek quakes linked to volume and location of hydraulic fracturing
January 22, 2018
The volume of hydraulic fracturing fluid and the location of well pads control the occurrence and frequency of…
Small earthquakes at fracking sites may be early indicators of bigger tremors to come
December 14, 2017
Stanford geoscientists have devised a way of detecting thousands of faint, previously missed earthquakes triggered by hydraulic fracturing,…
Mysterious deep-Earth seismic signature explained
November 23, 2017
New research on oxygen and iron chemistry under the extreme conditions found deep inside the Earth could explain…
Keep an automatic eye on seismic zones
October 31, 2016
The Copernicus Sentinel-1 twin radar satellites combined with cloud computing are monitoring Europe’s earthquake zones by searching for…
Study Finds Earthquakes Can Trigger Near-Instantaneous Aftershocks on Different Faults
September 10, 2016
According to a new study by scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San…
Breaking the Strongest Link Triggered Big Baja Earthquake
February 19, 2016
Aspate of major earthquakes on small faults could overturn traditional views about how earthquakes start, according to a…
Sumatra earthquake caused changes in Earth’s crust in Japan
January 23, 2016
A research group at the University of Tokyo and others found that the Sumatra earthquake induced increased seismic…
Vibration tests for High-Luminosity LHC project begin
December 19, 2015
These measurements will help engineers understand how works could impact the LHC’s operation, and will provide crucial details…
Studies of Recent and Ancient Nepal Quakes Yield Surprises
December 17, 2015
The devastating magnitude 7.8 Gorkha, Nepal earthquake in April 2015 triggered far fewer landslides and much less damage…
Surprise: Stretchy Slabs in Deep Earth
November 25, 2015
New observations from an international geophysics team, including Carnegie’s Lara Wagner, suggest that the standard belief that the…
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