One good shake leads to another Nov 3, 2009
Gerard Fryer, a geophysicist at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center at Ewa Beach, said he suspects the Samoa earthquake tipped the earthquake fault "over the edge" for the Vanuatu earthquakes ... "Is another magnitude-9 earthquake coming soon? The record of the last century certainly makes another magnitude-9 event seem very probable," Fryer said, adding, "Statistically, we would have to expect it in the Pacific, since this is where most earthquakes occur. "We have to make sure our emergency... (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Delta residents know what's best for the Delta: No canal Oct 30, 2009
" Gator wrote on Oct 27, 2009 8:01 AM:" If it was a perfect world there wouldnt be earthquake fault lines ... One can gofrom coat to coast and find Earthquake faults. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Sound off! 10/22/09 Oct 23, 2009
The government has been working on Yucca Mountain for more the 20 years and spent some 20 billion with a B. It has been known for the entire time of the project that it is was located in a highly active earthquake fault zone but they went ahead anyway. I am sure some senator or congressman with power pushed this through and kept if going. (Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald, NC)
Deadly Flooding in the San Francisq... Oct 15, 2009
He never realized that the construction site was located over both an ancient earthquake fault and an enormous prehistoric mudslide. The design did not incorporate the calculations for hydraulic uplift and the arch stresses into the basic structural design. (Suite101.com)
Cal not ready for big-time Oct 4, 2009
-- The Hayward earthquake fault line runs directly under Memorial Stadium in Berkeley. But there was no seismic shift there on Saturday evening. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Were This Week's Pacific Earthquakes Connected? Oct 3, 2009
Earthquake Fault Weakening. In a study released this week, though, a team that included Rice's Niu found that earthquake vibrations may affect faults at surprisingly great distances. (National Geographic)
America's 'most dangerous fault' Oct 1, 2009
The first Hayward City Hall in California has long been off-limits to occupants because its foundations sit right atop an earthquake fault and it's gradually splitting in two. "Look up at the stairwell," says geologist Russ Graymer, as we peer through a window. (BBC News -- Science)
Faults And Earthquakes In China Monitored From Space Aug 25, 2009
24, 2009) China is in a very seismically active area and has had many catastrophic earthquakes during its history. A joint European-Chinese team is using satellite radar data to monitor ground deformation across major continental faults in China to understand better the seismic cycle and how faults behave. (Science Daily)
Magnitude-5.1 quake shakes off waters of Guam Aug 3, 2009
Parkfield, located about halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, sits on an active segment of the San Andreas earthquake fault. Continental Airlines Announces Second Quarter Loss. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Click to read:Pot Tax Has $1.4B Potential in California Aug 3, 2009
Legalizing marijuana is the dumbest idea I have heard come out of California since their decision to build multi-tiered highways on earthquake fault lines. Marijuana is a gateway drug to cocaine, crack, ecstasy, heroin, meth, etc. (CBS News)
Body found in San Diego County desert Jul 26, 2009
Parkfield, located about halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, sits on an active segment of the San Andreas earthquake fault. SAN DIEGO -- Authorities say the body of a suspected border crosser has been recovered from the desert in eastern San Diego County. (Fresno Bee -- State)
San Andreas Fault: Increased Earthquake Risk? Jul 10, 2009
ScienceDaily (July 9, 2009) Increases in mysterious underground tremors observed in several active earthquake fault zones around the world could signal a build-up of stress at locked segments of the faults and presumably an increased likelihood of a major quake, according to a new University of California, Berkeley, study. See also. (Science Daily)
Evolution of the islands Jul 5, 2009
An earthquake fault divides Santa Cruz into two mountain ranges. Occasionally snow capped in winter, those mountains include 2,434-foot Picacho Diablo, the highest point in the Channel Islands. (Santa Barbara News-Press)
Seal deal: Lightner wants to let the dogs out May 29, 2009
I suggest this City Council focus also of the possable "Tsunami" that could wipe out the sandbar community Mission Beach if the Rose Caqnyon earthquake fault activates. "Is there an evacuation plan? Why is there not a loud speaker alarm system in place from South Mission to North Pacific Beach? Is the community as a whole prepared in a moments notice of an on coming Tsunami/Earthquake hitting Mission beach? www.CaptainDemocracy.wordpress.com Posted by: Captain Democracy at May 28, 2009 05:52 PM... (San Diego Union-Tribune)
New Monitoring Stations Detect 'Silent Earthquakes' In Costa Rica Feb 20, 2009
27, 2008) Scientists have completed a new analysis of an earthquake fault line that extends some 200 miles off the southern and central Oregon coast that they say is more active than the San Andreas Fault in. (Aug. (Science Daily)
Locations of strain, slip identified in major earthquake fault Feb 16, 2009
Public release date: 15-Feb-2009. Contact: Harold Tobin. (EurekAlert!)
