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Can We Predict Quakes Like We Can Predict the Weather?
Thursday, January 31, 2013
People have been trying to predict earthquakes (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this show) for thousands of years. Twenty-three hundred years ago,...
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Slow Motion Disaster
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
A process that began 50 million years ago-- the slow motion breakup of the Indo-Australian tectonic plate into two pieces--isn't over yet. In fact, they think it caused the two massive April 11 earthquakes beneath the Indian Ocean off the coast...
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Fukushima Caused Cracks in the Ocean Floor
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Submarine images have revealed that the Fukushima quake opened up cracks in the ocean floor as big as 6 feet wide. What effect this may have on future quakes in the area is unknown.
Coincidentally, shortly before the quake, researchers had taken photos of the same area of the seafloor where the crust would later rupture, leading to a...
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Coincidentally, shortly before the quake, researchers had taken photos of the same area of the seafloor where the crust would later rupture, leading to a...
Do Recent Foreign Quakes Mean They'll Happen Here Soon?
Monday, April 16, 2012
It's been proven that an earthquake in one place can "trigger" a quake on the other side of the planet. This helps scientists who study earthquakes predict when...
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Data From Japan Shows Big Quake Coming to West Coast of US
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Scientists who are studying the Fukushima earthquake have uncovered data that predicts a "big one" in the Pacific Northwest, along the coasts of Washington, Oregon and British Columbia.
The Fukushima quake was precipitated by what is called the "Tohoku area" of underwater plates. On the Weatherbug site, Sandi...
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The Fukushima quake was precipitated by what is called the "Tohoku area" of underwater plates. On the Weatherbug site, Sandi...
More Evidence That Fracking Causes Quakes
Friday, January 27, 2012
Geologists say that recent earthquakes in Ohio and Oklahoma are directly linked to deep wells that were used to dispose of liquid wastes produced by the hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" of natural gas. At least 177 similar disposal wells are located...
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Is California Next?
Thursday, March 17, 2011
One earthquake leads to another, and California may be the next in line for a devastating earthquake, based on one particular indicator: the recent...
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Not Yet Time to Take Iodine
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Are we in danger from radiation blowing our way from melted power plants in Japan? The reality is that the Japanese are the ones who have to worry. It turns out that even a major multiple meltdown in Japan is unlikely to have much of an effect here. Regarding...
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More Earthquakes Coming?
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
We've had so many earthquakes lately--is this a trend? Will there be more quakes in the future? (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen...
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Japanese Radiation May Blow Our Way
Monday, March 14, 2011
The Japanese government has claimed that radioactive material from its stricken power plants has not traveled more than 20 miles from the plants, but the US aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan has had to clean radioactive material off its decks while 60 miles out to sea. Sailors on deck have received a month's worth of radiation in a day, as they...
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Japan Quake Moved the Earth
Sunday, March 13, 2011
It happened again: The earthquake that hit Japan moved the island nation 8 feet and shifted the Earth on its axis by almost 4 inches. Japan is prone to earthquakes, but this was the most powerful one to hit the country in recorded history. Japan is part of the...
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UPDATE: Explosion at Fukushima #3 Reactor.
Friday, March 11, 2011
Despite the frantic efforts of nuclear engineers, there has been a second explosion in the Fukujima Nuclear Power Station as an explosion has taken place in the third of the six reactors in the system. It is not yet known exactly what caused the explosion or what sort of radiation release, if any, is involved. While some of the radioactive fuel...
Earthquakes: Big Economic Impact--on U.S. as Well
Friday, March 11, 2011
Earthquake and the tsunamis they cause are not only devasting to the countries hit. Since we now have a global economy, they can affect the rest of the world monetarily as well. Earthquake expert Thomas D. O'Rourke says, "The massive 8.9 earthquake that hit Japan will have a major INTERNATIONAL impact. Tsunamis have caused massive damage in...
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Iceland: Now it's Earthquakes!
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Iceland doesn't just have volcanoes under its massive ice sheets, it has earthquake swarms as well. Since earthquakes often set off volcanoes, this makes sense. There have been over 400 earthquakes...
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It Could Happen Here
Thursday, February 24, 2011
The 6.3 magnitude earthquake that struck Christchurch, New Zealand on Feb. 22 demonstrates the vulnerability of urban centers with important lessons for the US. And a 30 million ton block of ice sheared off a New Zealand glacier just minutes after the violent earthquake there. Civil engineer Thomas D. O'Rourke says, "Some reasons for the...
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Iceland Eruption: Even BIGGER This Time
Friday, February 18, 2011
The volcano that erupted in Iceland last year and disrupted the world's air traffic is about to do it again. Volcanologists say that Eyjafjallajokull threatens to send out a cloud of dust and it could even set off a swarm of earthquakes around the world. The February 8th...
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Nukes & Earthquakes
Thursday, January 13, 2011
As US policy makers renew emphasis on the use of nuclear energy in their efforts to reduce the country’s oil dependence, other factors come into play. One concern of paramount importance is the seismic hazard at the site where nuclear reactors are located.
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Big One May be Coming Soon
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Research turns up more amazing speculations all the time: New studies reveal that major quakes shake Southern California about every 88 years, which is THREE times as often than seismologists previously thought they did. This means that the area is OVERDUE for a massive quake along the San Andreas fault.
For years, scientists thought...
Earthquakes
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
The quiet, stealthy ones - What's quiet but sneaks up on you? 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 fault also has quieter sections, where rocks easily slide against...
Big One Coming
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Unexpected things are happening: Because an earthquake anywhere in the world can set off another, even on the other side of the globe, scientists are predicting that a major earthquake, similar to the one that hit Chile and Haiti, has more than a one-in-three chance of striking the Pacific Northwest within the next 50 years.
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What Frogs Can Teach Us
Monday, April 5, 2010
Amphibians don't just teach us how to stay married, they can also predict earthquakes. Biologists have discovered the common toads can sense an impending earthquake because they have been seen to flee their underground colonies days before one strikes. Other animals that seem to sense quakes, such as fish, mice and snakes, do so shortly before...
To Predict Future Quakes
Monday, March 15, 2010
Use an army of home computers! - Thousands of personal laptops have helped to listen for SETI signals and search for Dark Matter. No matter what is causing these quakes, seismologists want to use home computers to detect them early, so they can warn people about them.
Earth scientist Elizabeth Cochran wants Every...
Earthquake: UPDATE
Thursday, March 11, 2010
What to do in case one hits you - Whether or not it has something to do with that mysterious machine known as Haarp, there have been earthquakes all over the world lately, and we've posted an Insight that tells you what to do in case YOU'RE in one. Also, seismologists say that the recent quake in Nebraska was a result of the...
Chilean Earthquake moved THREE Cities
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Here's earthshaking news: The earthquake in Chile not only changed the spin of the Earth, it moved an entire city 10 feet to the west.
In In Wired.com, Betsy Mason reports that GPS measurements reveal that not only did the city of Concepcion move 10 feet, the capital of Chile, Santiago, moved 11 inches west. Even Buenos Aires, which is...
Why was there No Tsunami?
Thursday, March 4, 2010
The earthquake in Chile was so strong that it changed the tilt of the Earth's axis, but it did NOT produce the huge waves (tsunamis) that scientists were worried about. Why not?
Large tsunamis were reported along Chile's coastline, but they did not cross the Pacific and inundate the West Coast of the US. In contrast to this a 9.5...
Earthquake in Chile Changed Spin of Earth
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
One earthquake leads to another, even if the places where they happen are far apart in both time and place. The massive, 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Chile Feb. 27 occurred in an offshore zone that was under increased stress caused by a 1960 quake of magnitude 9.5. Also, The massive 8.8 earthquake may have changed the entire Earth's...
Earthquakes: More on the Way?
Friday, January 29, 2010
Besides the threat to the West Coast of the US, there could be more earthquakes on the way to the Caribbean in the near future, and not just aftershocks either.
Big One Coming Right Here in the US!
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
UPDATE: Warning from CA Senator - The quake in Haiti didn't generate a tsunami, but we could be due for one right here in the US. There are only 2 places in the US where an earthquake could generate a gigantic wave of this type, and new studies show a quake in one of these could happen very soon.
There is an underwater...
Haiti: Why No One Saw it Coming
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
No one in Haiti saw it coming because quakes in the Caribbean are hard to predict since most of the tectonic plate is below sea level.
Geoscientist Michele Cooke says, "This earthquake [was] not unexpected, which increases the tragedy of our current situation. We can only access the active faults where they are exposed on the islands."...
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