January 5, 2012
Earthquake rocks central Italy
Updated on April 7: As of April 7, the death toll from the magnitude-6.3 earthquake that struck central Italy on April 6 has risen to more than …
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January 5, 2012
Earthquake rattles eastern Indonesia
A magnitude-7.5 earthquake rocked through Indonesia's island of Sulawesi at about 1 a.m. local time Monday, leaving four people dead and …
January 5, 2012
Earthquake prediction: Gone and back again
The 1990s and early 2000s were hard times for earthquake prediction research. “For 10 years, there was limited funding in the U.S.,” says Dimitar …
January 5, 2012
Don't forget about the Christchurch earthquake: Lessons learned from disaster
In the aftermath of the devastating magnitude-9.0 earthquake and tsunami that struck the Tohoku region of Japan on March 11, attention quickly …
January 5, 2012
Creeping faults warn of impending earthquakes?
Earthquakes strike out of nowhere — one minute everything is perfectly calm, and the next minute, the ground shakes violently and buildings …
January 5, 2012
Closing Istanbul's seismic gap
Since 1939, a progression of deadly earthquakes has been marching westward across Turkey’s North Anatolian Fault, stalking the mega-city …
January 5, 2012
China quake kills at least 400
Update: In 2008, it was the Longmen Shan Fault, a 250-kilometer long thrust fault that divides the 6,500-meter-high Tibetan Plateau from the …
January 5, 2012
Chile's quake larger but less destructive than Haiti's
On Feb. 27, at 3:34 a.m. local time, a magnitude-8.8 earthquake struck offshore Maule, Chile, 325 kilometers southwest of the capital, Santiago. …
January 5, 2012
Chile quake/tsunami news coverage: The bad and the good
Blogging on EARTH As you would expect, there's been tons of coverage of the earthquake off the coast of Chile and the resulting tsunami in the …
January 5, 2012
Cantabrians keep humor in the hardship
Even though the inhabitants of Christchurch (Cantabrians) have had a nonstop year of hardships, they have kept their humor. A local named Bruce …
January 5, 2012
Californians prepare for the Big One
At 10 a.m. local time Thursday, a massive magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck Los Angeles. But don’t worry — it was only a drill. During the Great …
January 5, 2012
Blogging on EARTH: Previously unknown fault responsible for Haiti quake
When a magnitude-7.0 earthquake ripped through Haiti on Jan. 12, it was not entirely unexpected. Journal articles had been published warning that …
January 5, 2012
Blogging on EARTH: FEMA's plans for New Madrid
This year is the 200th anniversary of the New Madrid quakes, the series of magnitude-7 to -8 earthquakes that rocked parts of Missouri and …
January 5, 2012
Blogging on EARTH: AGU: Japan tsunami actually made population more vulnerable?
Usually, when a major natural disaster strikes, a population becomes more alert and aware. People know what warning signs to watch for; they know …
January 5, 2012
Benchmarks: December 16, 1811-February 7, 1812: The New Madrid earthquakes strike the Heartland
This winter marks the bicentennial of a series of powerful intraplate earthquakes that occurred in the central United States over a two-month …
January 5, 2012
Benchmarks: August 17, 1959: Hebgen Lake earthquake and landslide
You’re camping in Montana, doing some fly fishing on the Madison River. You’ve had a full day of beautiful Big Sky country weather, and had fresh …
January 5, 2012
Baja quake sheds light on liquefaction
Data collected by a unique array of instruments located near the epicenter of the magnitude-7.2 earthquake that struck Baja California April 4 …
January 5, 2012
Asia's hazardous month
August is shaping up to be a hazardous month for Asia — from the Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean to Japan. In just the first half of the …
January 5, 2012
A history of "Big Ones"
The last time Chile experienced an earthquake larger than magnitude 8.8 was on May 22, 1960, when a magnitude-9.5 earthquake rocked the South …