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Scientific Discipline Earthquake source observations

Geology & Geophysics
Fault scarp in Italy's Apennine Mountains

Meeting Report 14 March 2018

How Earthquakes Start and Stop

Earthquakes: Nucleation, Triggering, Rupture, and Relationships to Aseismic Processes; Cargèse, Corsica, France, 2–6 October 2017
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Geology & Geophysics
New research suggests more earthquakes may be the result of fracking than previously believed

Research Spotlight 8 February 2018

More Earthquakes May Be the Result of Fracking Than We Thought

Scientists show small earthquakes caused by fracking near Guy-Greenbrier, Ark., in 2010 that could have been early indicators of high stress levels on larger faults deeper underground.
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Geology & Geophysics
Workers in Mexico City search for survivors after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake shook on 19 September 2017.

News 30 January 2018

Were Mexico’s September Quakes Chance or a Chain Reaction?

Last year, two major earthquakes—one 12 days after the first—shook Mexico. New analysis blames this very unlikely event on chance. But one of the pair may have triggered a third large nearby temblor.
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Geology & Geophysics
Spencer Canyon landslide tied to earthquake

News 16 November 2017

Mystery Quakes May Be Among World’s Longest-Lived Aftershocks

New evidence about where a major earthquake struck central Washington State 145 years ago raises the possibility that today’s unusually frequent quakes in the area still echo that 1872 event.
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Geology & Geophysics
A broken angel statue lies among other damage on the roof of the Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D. C.

News 18 August 2017

Quakes Pack More Punch in Eastern Than in Central United States

A new finding rests on the recognition that fault types differ between the two regions. It helps explain prior evidence that human-induced quakes and natural ones behave the same in the nation’s center.
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Ocean Sciences
Researchers reassess the magnitude of an earthquake that shook Chile in 1730.

Research Spotlight 24 July 2017

Tsunami Records Show Increased Hazards for Chile’s Central Coast

Simulations of the historical quake raise new concerns: A similar event in the future could cause a devastating tsunami in Chile’s most populated coastal region.
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Geology & Geophysics

Editors' Vox 9 June 2017

The Challenges Posed by Induced Seismicity

A recent paper in Reviews of Geophysics examined the increasing incidence of seismic events caused by industrial activities.
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Geology & Geophysics
Stone crumbled off the surface of a building in Napa after the 2014 magnitude 6.0 earthquake.

News 20 February 2017

Overlooked Data Source Improves Quake Intensity Maps

A new approach may fine-tune estimates of the range of shaking from earthquakes and help define areas of potential damage.
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Mathematical Geophysics
An offshore subduction zone drove the tsunami that devastated Japan in 2011.

Research Spotlight 25 January 2017

An Up Close Look at the Megaquakes That Cause Tsunamis

Researchers recreate changes in the seafloor during Japan's devastating 2011 tsunami.
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Geology & Geophysics
Processes like mining and drilling tunnels, which displace material from the subsurface, can induce earthquakes.

News 22 December 2016

It’s Not Just Fracking: New Database of Human-Induced Quakes

In the largest compilation of anthropogenically induced earthquakes, causes range from building water reservoirs to mining.
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