Tag: Earthquake
November 28, 2017
Pacific Northwest May Be at Most Risk of the ‘Big One’ Because of Seafloor Sediments
The next big earthquake is due in the Pacific Northwest—but now scientists have pinpointed where along the coast a large earthquake is most likely to…
Read MoreApril 13, 2016
Earthquake may have been manmade, but more data needed to assess hazards in Texas
The most comprehensive analysis to date of a series of earthquakes that included a 4.8 magnitude event in East Texas in 2012 has found it…
Read MoreMarch 7, 2016
Geoscientist working with UWI to create earthquake network in Jamaica
Geoscientist Dr. Katherine Kelly Ellins is working with the Earthquake Unit of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona to establish a network across…
Read MoreJanuary 25, 2016
TEXAS VIEW: This Deserves Another Look by All of Us
You’d think scientists would be able to figure out for sure whether the rash of North Texas earthquakes in recent years has a definite link…
Read MoreJanuary 25, 2016
State Will Begin to Install Earthquake Monitors in the Spring
Researchers hope to begin locating a network of seismographs by March to help determine what’s causing the earth to move across the state, including under…
Read MoreSeptember 28, 2015
Scientists Simulate Earth’s Middle Crust to Understand Earthquakes
Researchers have for the first time been able to measure a material’s resistance to fracturing from various types of tectonic motions in the Earth’s middle…
Read MoreJune 30, 2015
Earthquakes in Western Solomon Islands Have Long History, Study Shows
Researchers have found that parts of the western Solomon Islands, a region thought to be free of large earthquakes until an 8.1 magnitude quake devastated…
Read MoreJune 22, 2015
Seeking Earthquake Answers, TexNet Seismic Monitoring Program Authorized by the State of Texas
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has signed legislation authorizing funding of $4.47 million for the TexNet Seismic Monitoring Program, an initiative led by the Bureau of…
Read MoreJune 2, 2015
Texas Budget Includes $4.5 Million for UT Quake Research
AUSTIN—The state will dedicate $4.5 million to the University of Texas at Austin Bureau of Economic Geology to study seismic activity in Texas under a…
Read MoreMarch 9, 2015
Texas Earthquakes Linked to Oil, Gas Development
For more than 100 years, people have questioned whether taking oil and gas from the depths of the earth can cause tremors. When an earthquake…
Read More