It’s not just Google that’s trying to get a handle on earthquakes. The Linux Foundation and partners are working on an open-source earthquake early warning system as well. …read more Source:: Linux
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Earthquakes disrupt sperm whales’ ability to find food
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•Scientists studying sperm whales have discovered earthquakes affect their ability to find food for at least a year. The research is among the first to examine the impact of a …read more Source:: Science
Data mining digs up hidden clues to major California earthquake triggers
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•A powerful computational study of southern California seismic records has revealed detailed information about a plethora of previously undetected small earthquakes, giving a more precise picture about stress in the …read more Source:: Science
New early gravity signals to quantify the magnitude of strong earthquakes
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•After an earthquake, there is a disturbance in the field of gravity almost instantaneously. This could be recorded before the seismic waves. Researchers have managed to observe these weak signals …read more Source:: Science
Fault curvature may control where big earthquakes occur
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•The geometry of large faults has been the focus of recent research, which has found that the big earthquakes occur where faults are mostly flat. …read more Source:: Science
More research needed on U.S. earthquakes possibly tied to oil and gas work: report
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•(Reuters) – A coalition of U.S. states warned on Monday that a spike in earthquakes potentially tied to oil and gas activity in places not typically prone to them needs …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Oklahoma scientists say earthquakes linked to oil and gas work
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•(Reuters) – Oklahoma geologists have documented strong links between increased seismic activity in the state and the injection into the ground of wastewater from oil and gas production, a state …read more Source:: UKScienceNews