Why Are We Having So Many Earthquakes?
Latest Earthquakes in the Last Hour
Loading ...
Earthquake Prediction
- Earthquake early-warning systems finally becoming a realityFox News, By Will Carr Published February 06, 2017
- Despite this man’s predictions, no one’s expecting a massive California quake todayWashington Post, By Justin Wm. Moyer May 28, 2015
- How Animals Sense EarthquakesEarth in Transition, by Michael Mountain on August 24, 2011
- Responses to Iben Browning's prediction of a 1990 New Madrid, Missouri, earthquake Circular 1083By William J. Spence, Robert B. Herrmann, A.C. Johnston, and B.G. Reagor, U.S. G.P.O. ; Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS Map Distribution, 1993
- Italy Orders Jail Terms for 7 Who Didn’t Warn of Deadly EarthquakeNew York Times, By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO and HENRY FOUNTAINOCT. 22, 2012
- Italian scientists cleared of failing to predict L'Aquila earthquakeNew York Times, By Nick Squires, Rome, 6:47PM GMT 10 Nov 2014
- L'Aquila verdict quashedPhysicsWorld.com, Michael Banks, Nov 11, 2014
- Repeating EarthquakesAn USGS resource
Predicting the Unpredictable by Call Number: E-bookISBN: 9781400831807Publication Date: 2009-11-16E-book, unlimited users
Supershear Earthquakes
- Super seismo-sonic earthquakes are realABC Science
- Earthquake Ruptures Faster Than ThoughtLiveScience site. Charles Q. Choi, OurAmazingPlanet Contributor. June 06, 2013
Hot Topics
For information about earthquakes in Yellowstone National Park, see the Earth Science - Volcanoes research guide.
- Experts weigh in on recent earthquakes in New Madrid zoneKY3.com, Springfield, MO by by reporter Linda Russell and videographer Tim Leimkuhler,
Posted: Mon 4:47 PM, Dec 05, 2016, Updated: Mon 6:25 PM, Dec 05, 2016 - Record quake renews concerns of even stronger temblors in OklahomaPosted: Sunday, September 4, 2016 12:00 am | Updated: 12:19 am, Mon Sep 5, 2016. By Corey Jones Tulsa World
- Vinegar-Like Acid Rain May Have Fallen During Earth’s Worst ExtinctionBy Devin Powell, smithsonian.com, January 21, 2015
- Bermuda Triangle Earthquake Triggered 1817 TsunamiBy Becky Oskin, staff writer, Live Science, September 09, 2013 03:26pm ET
- Causes of Pakistan Earthquake & New Island RevealedBecky Oskin, OurAmazingPlanet Staff Writer, September 25, 2013
- Earthquake Fault Lines in America - ABC NewsABC News video
- Earthquakes rocking the Plains at higher rate, but no evidence ‘big one’ is imminentWichita Eagle, By Rick Plumlee, 04/05/2014, updated 08/06/2014 12:12 PM
- How extinct undersea volcanoes trigger rare 'tsunami earthquakes'LiveScience. By Kelly Dickerson, Published July 01, 2014
- Major earthquake may occur off coast of Istanbul, seismic shifts suggestMassachusetts Institute of Technology. "Major earthquake may occur off coast of Istanbul, seismic shifts suggest." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 10 September 2014.
. - Mega-quake possible for subduction zones along 'Ring of Fire...Seismological Society of America. "Mega-quake possible for subduction zones along 'Ring of Fire,' new study suggests." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 15 September 2014. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140915202947.htm>.
- New Zealand's earthquake deep drilling project underwayFox News Live Science, article by Becky Oskin, Senior Writer, Published October 07, 2014
- Next New Madrid Earthquake: Busy Being Born, Not Busy DyingAndrew Alden, KQED Science Contributor | January 23, 2014
- Record number of Oklahoma tremors raises earthquake threatPublished May 06, 2014, Associated Press, Fox News
- Revolutionary new earthquake warning system being developedFox News Dec. 24, 2014 - 2:44 - U.S. Geological Survey teams with private sector to create new earthquake monitoring devices
- Scientific drilling project underway on Alpine FaultA news release, October 6, 2014 by GNS Science, Te Pü Ao. GNS calls itself New Zealand’s leading provider of Earth, geoscience and isotope research and consultancy services.
- Slow Earthquakes: Slippery Clays at FaultLiveScience. Becky Oskin, OurAmazingPlanet Staff Writer May 24, 2013
- Unusual Indian Ocean Earthquakes Hint at Tectonic BreakupA Nature International Weekly Journal of Science article
- Why Scientists Dig Trenches To Find Hidden Fault Lines in CitiesGizmodo,, Sept. 8, 2014 by Alissa Walker
"Trenching" is the practice of digging a deep trench in an area which is thought to contain a fault so the soils can be examined. What scientists are looking for is evidence that the sediment bands have shifted or broken, which would demonstrate that seismic activity has occurred, and will allow them to map and investigate the fault itself in a way that's no longer possible on the surface.
Nepal Earthquakes
- Seismically active Katmandu region in store for larger earthquakePhys.org, December 5, 2016
- MyShake: A smartphone seismic network for earthquake early warning and beyondScience Advances 12 Feb 2016: Vol. 2, no. 2, e1501055 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1501055
- Nepal earthquake: Dozens die in new tremor near Everest [May 12 2015]BBC News, 5/12/2015
- M7.8 - 34km ESE of Lamjung, Nepal [April 25, 2015]An USGS Earthquake Hazards Program report
- Special Event: NepalIRIS (Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology), Posted: 2015-04-25, last updated: 2015-05-08. IRIS is sponsored by the National Science Foundation.
Earthquake Lights
- Bizarre Earthquake Lights Finally ExplainedNational Geographic Daily News, by Brian Clark Howard, Published January 6, 2014
- Co-seismic Earthquake Lights: The Underlying MechanismFreund, F. (2019). Co-seismic Earthquake Lights: The Underlying Mechanism. Pure & Applied Geophysics, 176(8), 3439–3450. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-019-02142-2
- Mysterious lights appear in Mexico sky during massive earthquakeFox News, By Chris Ciaccia, Published September 08, 2017
Earthquakes Triggered by Water (Dams/Reservoirs, Rainfall/Flooding)
See also the box entitled Man-Made Earthquakes/Fracking
- Heavy Rainfall Can Cause Huge EarthquakesBy Richard A. Lovett, for National Geographic News, PUBLISHED December 15, 2011
- Earthquakes Triggered by DamsInternational Rivers.org
- On the Nature of Reservoir-induced SeismicityPradeep Talwani, Pure appl. geophys. 150 (1997) 473 – 492
- Oroville Dam Makes its own EarthquakesBerkeley Seismology Lab, Seismo Blog, February 16, 2017
- Review of seismic-hazard issues associated with the Auburn Dam project, Sierra Nevada foothills, California (RESERVOIR-INDUCED SEISMICITY)By USGS Auburn Project Review Team
U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 96-0011
Man-Made Earthquakes? / Fracking
- After new regulations, Oklahoma's earthquakes calm down a bitFox News, Published November 30, 2016 Associated Press
- AR Geological Survey Data on Possible Cause of EarthquakesKATV Channel 7 report, posted: Mar 04, 2011, updated: Mar 08, 2011 by Katherina Yancy
- Earthquakes in Arkansas May Be Man-Made, Experts WarnBy Alec Liu & Jeremy A. Kaplan, published March 01, 2011, FoxNews.com
- Earthquakes—Rattling the Earth’s Plumbing SystemU.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 096-03
By Michelle Sneed, Devin L. Galloway and William L. Cunningham - Fracking Green Chemistry Roundtable LaunchedEnvironmental Leader, December 11, 2014
- Hidden Faults Explain Earthquakes in Fracking ZonesLive Science, Becky Oskin, Senior Writer, February 12, 2015
- Incorporating Induced Seismicity in the 2014 United States National Seismic Hazard Model—Results of 2014 Workshop and Sensitivity StudiesPetersen, M.D., Mueller, C.S., Moschetti, M.P., Hoover, S.M., Rubinstein, J.L., Llenos, A.L., Michael, A.J., Ellsworth, W.L., McGarr, A.F., Holland, A.A., and Anderson, J.G., 2015, Incorporating induced seismicity in the 2014 United States National Seismic Hazard Model—Results of 2014 workshop and sensitivity studies: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015–1070, 69 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151070.
ISSN 2331-1258 (online) - Man Made Earthquakes - ArkansasA CNN report on the possible connection between injection wells and increased earthquake activity in Arkansas
- Natural Gas Extraction - Hydraulic FracturingAn United States Environmental Protection Agency resource
- Oklahoma Quakes Raise Risk of 'Big One' Earthquakes linked to fracking heighten the odds, study saysBy Neal Colgrass, Newser, Posted Feb 16, 2015
- Oklahoma Wonders Why The Earth Is Shaking Is oil and gas drilling to blame, or is increase in earthquakes just ordinary seismic activity?Denver Nicks @DenverNicks Feb. 18, 2014, Time Online
- Physical chemistry could answer many questions on frackingPhys.org, Mar 05, 2013 by Lisa Zyga
- Preventing Human-Caused EarthquakesUSGS, August 25, 2016
- Science or Soundbite? Shale Gas, Hydraulic Fracturing, and Induced EarthquakesAn USGS video resource
- USGS investigating whether underground wastewater disposal triggered Oklahoma earthquakeFox News- Published September 06, 2016 The Wall Street Journal
- Wastewater Injection Spurred Biggest Earthquake Yet, Says StudyEarth Institute, Columbia Univ., 2013-03-26
- What is Shale Gas? How Does Fracking Work?ChemistryViews, Author: Vera Köster
Published Date: 05 February 2013 Copyright: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA - ‘Fracking’ for Natural Gas Is Linked With EarthquakesBy Joseph Stromberg, smithsonian.com, 8/6/2012
