Why it’s still difficult to accurately predict earthquakes.
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Both faults are along plate boundaries that move in similar ways and have ruptured in enormously destructive earthquakes in the past.
The two deadly earthquakes happened just 39 seconds apart, but were seismologically distinct.
Understanding why some faults creep rather than sticking and causing massive earthquakes is important for gauging the future risk of both earthquakes and tsunamis.
A tsunami risk in the Mediterranean is real. Coastal towns like Nice can get “Tsunami ready” by coordinating fast, effective preventive and awareness-raising efforts.
As the United States and Russia signal a return to nuclear testing, Australia’s remote monitoring station plays a crucial role in global verification.
The seismic echoes of capsizing icebergs falling from Thwaites Glacier have been detected for the first time.
The Earth’s inner core has long been a total mystery.
Australia is a long way from the tectonic plate boundaries where most earthquakes happen – but we can’t escape the forces they create.
One of the largest earthquakes on record struck far eastern Russia this week. The last time the region was hit by a such a huge quake, the Soviets hushed it up.
Despite recording one of the strongest earthquakes in a century, the Pacific escaped major damage.
Several thousand earthquakes have been recorded near the Greek island since late January. So why is this happening?
The ‘Martian dichotomy’ is one of the Solar System’s greatest mysteries – but new research in closing in on a solution.
Since Vanuatu’s first earthquake was at a magnitude over 7, we would expect to see more aftershocks to come, at declining strengths and frequency – in a pattern that can last weeks to months.
Like a piece of music, every earthquake has a coda – and it contains clues about what’s happening in our planet’s core.
Listening for underground nuclear explosions amid the constant rumble of earthquakes is like looking for a needle that may not exist in a haystack the size of a planet.
Evidence suggests magma is close to the surface in south-west Iceland, prompting evacuations.
The same instruments used to measure earthquakes pick up vibrations as ocean waves put pressure on the sea floor. Four decades of data tell a story about ocean storms.
A deadly earthquake in Afghanistan, following one in Morocco, highlights the risks in the region.
The earthquake was caused by the collision of two tectonic plates.
Top contributors
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Professor of Earthquake Science, The University of Melbourne
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Earthquake Scientist, Monash University
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Professor, Head of Geophysics, Director of Warramunga Array, Australian National University
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Reader in Physical Geography and Natural Hazards, Coventry University
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Professor of Geophysics and Department Head, Colorado State University
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Research chair, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor, Australian National University
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Professor in Earth Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and Emeritus Professor of Mineral Physics, University of Cambridge
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Professor of Planetary Geosciences, The Open University
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ARC DECRA Fellow in Geophysics, Australian National University
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Research Fellow in Computational Seismology, UCL
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Associate Professor in Global Seismology, University of Bristol
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Ph.D. Candidate in Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University
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PhD Candidate, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol
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Professor, School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington