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For a long time, geologists and seismologists have noticed that some fault lines, which are generally considered to be very stable and strong, tend to “slip up” at some points and become mobile. The scientific community has had no explanation for this phenomenon, so researchers have set out to discover wh... |
17 December 2009
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Scientists at the University of Southern California (USC) College of Letters, Arts and Sciences say that they have just finished developing a new tool for forecasting large earthquakes. While plagued with uncertainties, just like all the other warning methods, the new one is also a lot more specific, in that it focus... |
4 December 2009
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After seeing the much hyped movie 2012, which began running in theaters around the world a few weeks ago, scientists started questioning the validity of the claims the movie makes. Though it was meant to play at the craze that appears to be taking over the world, which has it that, two years from now, the planet as w... |
1 December 2009
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For a great many years, scientists have believed that the oceans on our planet were formed from water vapors emitted during volcanic eruptions that condensed and fell to the ground over millions of years. But a scientist now proposes that this might not have been the case. He argues that water is not something that o... |
10 November 2009
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Volcanic lava forms some peculiar structures in the deep ocean, including underwater tunnels, which apparently become home to some of the world's most peculiar animal species. The Tunnel de la Atlantida, the longest such formation in the world, recently revealed one of its most peculiar inhabitants, a new eyeles... |
26 August 2009
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According to a new scientific study, conducted by researchers at the University of Utah, and published in the August 6th issue of the respected scientific journal Nature, the new and young New Zealand tectonic plate is slowly reaching maturity, benefiting from an unexpected source of help – water deposits locat... |
6 August 2009
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According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) website, a 6.9-magnitude earthquake occurred on August 3rd at 17:59:56 UTC (01:59:56 pm EDT, 06:59:56 GMT) in California. Located by a precise measurement program as taking place at a depth of ten kilometers (6.2 miles), the tremor's wide effects are still ... |
4 August 2009
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Using advanced equipment aboard the Chikyu (which translates into 'Planet Earth') drilling vessel, Japanese scientists have managed to drill a hole more than one mile deep into the ocean floor in the Nankai Trough earthquake zone, one of the most active in the world today. Located about 36 miles Southeast o... |
31 July 2009
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Planetary scientists now believe that nature may be employing earthquake defenses of sorts over a large fault in Taiwan, China, through the power of typhoons. They have learned that the massive storms, which bring about huge amounts of rain and floods, also help release some of the strain that accumulates in the faul... |
11 June 2009
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At 3:32 am local time (9:30 pm, April 5th EDT) on Monday morning, a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck the central part of Italy, causing important damages to buildings and numerous losses of human lives. Because the tremor happened at night, people were understandably taken by surprise, and many could not come to their... |
7 April 2009
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According to new scientific studies conducted on the Midwest seismic fault in the United States, the hole in the ground that has prompted concerns of a catastrophic earthquake sometime this century seems to be actually closing rather than becoming more active. The once-active area, known as the New Madrid fault syste... |
26 March 2009
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