Pick your quake from host of scenarios in state
Posted by J. Vidale, 05/19/2013
Seattle Times WA Emergency Management Division and the USGS have created scenarios for some of the most feared earthquakes in Washington's future. Examine the disasters here.
Was deadly Tibet landslide natural or manmade?
Posted by J. Vidale, 04/25/2013
AGU Blogosphere Google images suggest careless mining rather than nature triggered Tibet landslide this month that killed 83 workers.
Why evacuate for an earthquake no one can feel?
Posted by J. Vidale, 04/08/2013
Italian seismologists overreact to complaints about lack of urgency in L'Aquila 2009 quake warnings BBC
Chilling forecast on Northwest quake
Posted by S. Malone, 03/15/2013
Report makes chilling forecast on Northwest quake. More than 10,000 people could die when - not if - a monster earthquake and tsunami occur just off the Pacific Northwest coast, researchers told Oregon legislators Thursday. From Seattle Times:
NOVA Presents: Japans Killer Quake
Posted by B. Steele, 02/26/2013
"Japan's Killer Quake" airs Wednesday, February 27th at 8:00 PM on KTCS (See Local Showing Times). You may also watch the entire program now online.
Lessons for Seattle from New Zealand Earthquake
Posted by P. Bodin, 02/13/2013
Christchurch earthquake experience yields lessons about threats from faults underneath cities. From the Seattle Times. http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2020343625_earthquakelessonsxml.html
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Wild idea for seismic invisibility cloak
Posted by J. Vidale, 02/08/2013
The Physics arXiv Blog Active materials around buildings proposed to reflect and absorb damaging seismic waves.
New initiative to build out EEW in California
Posted by J. Vidale, 01/31/2013
LA Times - California legislator calls for $80M for California earthquake early warning system.
M7.5 earthquake off southern Alaska
Posted by J. Vidale, 01/05/2013
NY Times A fresh M7.5 earthquake struck last night, north of the M7.7 last October. Little damage was reported.
Black Sea earthquakes panic Georgians
Posted by P. Bodin, 12/26/2012
An ongoing swarm of earthquakes (largest so far M~5.7) in the Black Sea off of the Georgian coast, and non-scientific claims of bigger earthquakes to come, have led to "panic" in the population. http://dfwatch.net/earthquake-hits-georgia-again-16295
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