Data from yesterday&#39;s quake could help researchers
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PARKFIELD, Calif. The earthquake that rattled nerves throughout Central California yesterday will boost efforts by scientists who are trying to predict future quakes.
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In one sense, the catastrophic earthquake off the coast of Sumatra on Sunday morning was no surprise, but scientists still cannot give timely warning to people in harm's way.
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The emerging science of infrasound may help track -- or even predict -- earthquakes and other disasters. By John Geirland from Wired magazine.
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Scientists studying the Great Lisbon Quake, which killed 60,000 people 250 years ago, say that the forces that caused it are slowly building up for another violent temblor near Portugal.
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LONDON: A scientist looking to pinpoint the next big earthquake has warned the US east coast could be destroyed by a tsunami unleashed by the collapse of a volcanic island in the eastern Atlantic.
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A NASA scientist says the devastating Dec. 26 earthquake off Sumatra may have caused the planet to spin 3 millionths of a second faster and wobble about an inch on its axis. But scientists don't think such tiny shifts will have long-term effects.
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The Indonesian island of Sumatra was rocked by a magnitude 8.5 earthquake, the US Geological Survey said on its Web site. That may rank it among the 10 strongest earthquakes in the last century.
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The deadly Asian earthquake may have permanently accelerated the Earth&#39;s rotation -- shortening days by a fraction of a second -- and caused the planet to wobble on its axis, US scientists said on Tuesday.
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A new study indicates that very high tides are linked with substantial earthquakes along Earth's continental margins. Does the theory hold water?
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To help create warning systems to detect catastrophic events such as the tsunamis in south Asia, scientific research needs adequate support.
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IT COULD HAPPEN HERE: Tsunami scientists and public safety officials say the West Coast could experience a calamity similar to the one in southern Asia.
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An 8.1 magnitude earthquake that struck in Antarctic waters on yesterday -- the biggest recorded in the world this year -- would have devastated a city had it been much closer, according to a New Zealand seismologist.
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BERKELEY - Mysterious tremors deep beneath the San Andreas Fault could portend future earthquakes, according to University of California, Berkeley scientists.
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SEATTLE - Small earthquakes rattled Mount St. Helens at the rate of one or two a minute Monday, and seismologists were working to determine the significance of some of the most intense seismic activity in nearly 20 years...
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percent chance of an earthquake of magnitude 6.0 or greater in the area in the next week. Saturday&#39;s initial earthquake had a magnitude of 6.8.
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Japan's capital has a 90 percent chance of being devastated by a major earthquake some time in the next 50 years, according to a study by a government panel.    The study, released earlier this week, marked the latest attempt by scientists to address one of this quake-prone country's most pressing concerns: when the next "Big One" would level one of the world's most densely populated cities...
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The earthquake that shook southern  Asia on Sunday was one of the most powerful since the start of  the 20th century, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.