Monitoring the subtle change in Earth’s gravity and its effects may reveale some details about movements of magma deep inside volcano. After monitoring the gravity at one of the world’s most active volcanoes – Kīlauea volcano on Hawaii, scientists discovered a
Watch a five 5-minute video summary presented at the 2012 UNAVCO science workshop “Bad assumptions or bad luck: Tohoku’s embarrassing lessons for earthquake hazard mapping”.Scientists previously thought the faults off the northeast coast of Japan weren’t capable of
Strong and shallow earthquake with recorded magnitude 6.4 (USGS) struck south of Java, Indonesia on September 3, 2012 at 18:23 UTC. Epicenter was located 244 km (151 miles) S of Sidorukun, Indonesia at coordinates 10.785°S, 113.880°E. Recorded depth was 8.8 km
Scientists are on the track of how average-sized earthquakes may evolve into massive earthquakes. Scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at University of California, San Diego have created a device to discover how fault zones weaken in select
A series of small earthquakes near a long-dormant volcanic peak in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands has prompted researchers to raise the alert level for the Little Sitkin volcano. Swarm of high-frequency earthquakes began on night of August 29 night at approximately
A massive earthquake with recorded magnitude of 7.6 struck Philippine Islands region on August 31, 2012 at 12:47 UTC. USGS first reported M7.9 then downgraded to M7.6. Recorded depth was 34.9 km (21.7 miles) according to USGS. EMSC first reported M8.1, now is also
Penn State geoscientists made analysis of small, repeating earthquakes in an Antarctic ice sheet. They point that it may lead to an understanding of glacial movement and also shed light on stick slip earthquakes like those on the San Andreas fault or in
A strong earthquake with magnitude 6.6 (EMSC) hit off Jan Mayen Island, Norway in the Arctic Ocean on August 30, 2012 at 13:43 UTC. USGS reported it as M6.8. Recorded depth by USGS was 8.6 km and only 2 km by EMSC. Epicenter was located 93km NW of Olonkinbyen,
Massive M7.3 earthquake struck offshore El Salvador on August 27, 2012 at 04:37:23 UTC. The epicenter was located 118 km (74 miles) S from Usulután, 138 km (86 miles) SSW from San Miguel and 169 km (105 miles) SSE from capital San Salvador (12.279°N,
More than 210 earthquakes hit state of California on Sunday with the strongest measured 5.5. The earthquakes were felt as far away as San Diego, Temecula and San Clemente. The first quake occurred about three miles northwest of Brawley, registered as magnitude
