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  • September 2008

    • How to Detect Earthquakes From Your Desk

      Economist  |  Sep 28, 08 6:11 AM CDT

      How to Detect Earthquakes From Your Desk

      (Newser) - Seismologists have found a way to harness the power of a built-in feature of many laptops and create a new wide-ranging earthquake-detection system, the Economist reports. The "Quake-Catcher Network" capitalizes on laptops' accelerometers, little devices that detect when the computer is falling or shaken, to provide widespread—and highly sensitive—recordings of the earth's vibrations. More »

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      earthquake  • laptop  • computer network  • seismology  • SETI

  • July 2008

    • New Clues May Help Predict Earthquakes

      BBC  |  Jul 10, 08 11:02 AM CDT

      New Clues May Help Predict Earthquakes

      (Newser) - Researchers could be closer to predicting earthquakes hours before they happen, with an article in the journal Nature detailing how scientists detected seismic changes in rocks as much as 10 hours before two small California temblors. “Hurricane [warnings] give you an idea of what could be done,” one researcher told the BBC of such a breakthrough—still perhaps years away in daily application. More »

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      earthquake  • scientific discoveries  • seismology  • tremor

  • June 2008

    • China Quake Beat the Odds

      LiveScience  |  Jun 30, 08 4:06 PM CDT

      China Quake Beat the Odds

      (Newser) - The earthquake that leveled parts of China’s Sichuan province last month was a geological oddity arising from usually inactive faults, LiveScience reports. The bizarre seismological coincidences behind the quake explain why no one was able to predict the event, which claimed 69,000 lives. More »

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      China  • Tibet  • earthquake  • China earthquake  • Sichuan province  • seismology  • tectonic plates

    • China Ignored Scientists' Quake Warnings

      Times (UK)  |  Jun 1, 08 5:56 AM CDT

      China Ignored Scientists' Quake Warnings

      (Newser) - Chinese officials ignored warnings from leading scientists of an upcoming earthquake in Sichuan Province, including one that almost pinpointed the date of the quake, the Times of London reports. Four seismologists predicted a blast of 6.7 or higher magnitude this year, while another suggested the rumble would occur within 10 days of May 8. Now, officials appear to be working to stifle word of the ignored warnings. More »

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      China  • earthquake  • Sichuan province  • predictions  • seismology

  • May 2008

    • Big Quakes Beget More Shakes Worldwide

      LiveScience  |  May 27, 08 9:45 AM CDT

      Big Quakes Beget More Shakes Worldwide

      (Newser) - Massive earthquakes like this month's in China's Sichuan province can quite literally make waves on the other side of the Earth, a new seismology study finds. The surface tremors resulting from events like Indonesia's tsunami-triggering quake in 2004 lead to increased seismic activity around the globe—from two to five times the average, LiveScience reports. More »

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      earthquake  • China earthquake  • seismology  • tectonic plates

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