Scientists Build First Worldwide Earthquake Alert System Oct 22, 2009
"Fundamentally, it's about what kind of damage one can expect," says Charles Scawthorn, of SPA Risk LLC, one of the many contributors of data to GEM. "It's input that then goes into building design, urban planning, what kind of insurance is needed. So first you quantify the problem and then you can quantify what the alternatives are."The ultimate goal is not earthquake prediction knowing where and when a quake will hit is many years away, say the researchers but rather to reduce the damage... (Fox News)
20 years later, experts predict bigger quake Oct 17, 2009
Beroza said earthquake prediction was the "holy grail of seismology," but even with advances in computers there is still no real breakthrough on that front. Along with Hurricane Hugo in 1989, Loma Prieta also prompted the creation of a national response system to such disasters, said Harold Schapelhouman, chief of the Menlo Park Fire Protection District and leader of one of eight California Urban Search and Rescue Teams. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
October 2009 Geology and GSA Today highlights Oct 2, 2009
Nicol et al. suggest that complexity in earthquake histories arising from fault interaction is an intrinsic property of the majority of fault systems comprising numerous faults, and represents a severe impediment to earthquake prediction. Mechanism of instantaneous coal outbursts Ping Guan et al., MOE Key Laboratory of Orogenic Belts and Crustal Evolution, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China. (EurekAlert!)
New Way To Monitor Faults May Help Predict Earthquakes Oct 2, 2009
This finding could prove to be a boon for earthquake prediction by pinpointing those faults that are likely to fail and produce earthquakes. Until now, scientists had no method for detecting changes in fault strength, which is not measureable at the Earth's surface. (Science Daily)
San Andreas Affected By 2004 Sumatran Quake; Largest Quakes Can Weaken Fault Zones Worldwide Oct 1, 2009
This finding could prove to be a boon for earthquake prediction by pinpointing those faults that are likely. (Dec. (Science Daily)
August 2009 Lithosphere media highlights Aug 1, 2009
Articles ask and answer four main questions: "What's going on beneath the Juan de Fuca slab?"; "What's down the SAFOD borehole?"; "What did the long-term borehole strain records of the Parkfield Earthquake Prediction Experiment record?"; and "What are the mechanisms responsible for map-view curvature over a range of scales for most active and ancient mountain belts?" ... The Parkfield Earthquake Prediction Experiment (1985-2004) was designed to monitor stress accumulation in the lithosphere... (EurekAlert!)
Tech.view: All shook up Jun 27, 2009
The one time an earthquake prediction came true (though it could just as easily have been a fluke) was in the Chinese city of Haicheng in 1975. An evacuation warning was issued the day before an earthquake of magnitude 7. (The Economist)
NASA Studying SoCal Quake Risk Jun 22, 2009
The current data being gathered by the airborne radar will be used a as a baseline for scientists, and will be put to use testing an earthquake prediction computer simulation called QuakeSim. That project, unveiled in 2004, takes stress measurements from variousGPS measurements, satellite pictures and other observations and plugs them into sophisticated computer models. (TheSanDiegoChannel.com, CA)
Quake risk adds to cost of Hagg Lake dam project May 13, 2009
That's because the earthquake prediction is affecting the cost of raising Scoggins Dam at Henry Hagg Lake, where most of the county plans to turn to for water over the next 50 years. A consultant's report will soon provide cost estimates for four new dam-raise options, said Tom VanderPlaat of Clean Water Services, which is leading the project. (OregonLive, OR -- News)
8.7 ideas in earthquake prediction Apr 10, 2009
7 ideas in earthquake prediction - Science- msnbc ... 7 ideas in earthquake prediction. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Tremor history Apr 8, 2009
Routine earthquake prediction is not possible anywhere in the world ... "Routine earthquake prediction is not possible anywhere in the world," said Dr Musson. (BBC News -- Science)
Italy muzzled scientist who warned of quake Apr 7, 2009
Ross Stein, a geophysicist with the US Geological Survey, said yesterday the scientific consensus is that short-term earthquake prediction is not yet possible. He said that using radon gas detection to detect earthquakes had been studied extensively in the 1970s and '80s, but was found to be an inaccurate method for predicting quakes. (Boston Globe)
Magnitude-4.8 Earthquake Shakes Southern Calif. Mar 25, 2009
There was a 1 percent to 5 percent chance of a San Andreas quake over the next several days, but the probability decreases rapidly with time, according to the California Earthquake Prediction Evaluation Council. A rupture on the southern San Andreas could set off the "Big One" that would devastate a large swath of Southern California. (Fox News)
New Monitoring Stations Detect 'Silent Earthquakes' In Costa Rica Feb 20, 2009
(July 15, 2006) The elusive science of earthquake prediction has been reinvigorated in recent years with the discovery of "non-volcanic tremors" -- faint vibrations emanating from active fault zones that may prove. (July 6, 2006) A team of American geoscientists is urging colleagues around the world to search for evidence of tiny earthquakes in seismically active areas, such as the Pacific Northwest, that are periodically. (Science Daily)
