Archive for Earthquake Geology & Paleoseismology

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Nicaragua Earthquake and Tsunami Alert Declared

on June 17, 2013 at 6:22 am

A strong 6.scale earthquake was registered off the Pacific coast of Nicaragua around Saturday midday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries after The Earthquake, which was felt at 11:34 a.m. local time […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Earthquakes – Water into Gold

on March 18, 2013 at 7:53 am

A new study claims that Earthquakes have the Midas touch. Water in faults vaporizes through an earthquake, depositing gold, according to a model published in the March 17 issue of the journal Nature Geoscience. According to Dion Weatherly, a geophysicist […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Devastating Earthquake, Shakes Chilean City

on March 8, 2013 at 2:09 am

The 2010 Chile earthquake occurred off the coast of central Chile on Saturday, 27 February 2010, at 03:34 local time having a magnitude of 8.8 on the with intense shaking lasting for about three minutes. It ranks as the sixth […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Valdivia-Earthquake, Rating 9.5 May 22 1960

on February 18, 2013 at 4:50 am

The World’s largest earthquake with an instrumentally standard magnitude occurred on May 22, 1960 near Valdivia, in southern Chile. Rating 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale and it occurred in the afternoon and its resulting tsunami affected southern Chile, Hawaii, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Earthquake Geology & Paleoseismology

on March 13, 2009 at 1:48 am

Earthquake geology in the broad sense is the study of the history, effects, and mechanics of earthquakes within and on the Earth’s crust. Most often, earthquake geology is synonymous with active tectonics, a term used to describe the study of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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