Orphan Tsunami Gets a Frightening Parent
Around midnight on January 27, 1700, a mysterious tsunami stole through several villages on the eastern coast of Japan. Three centuries later, its cause is finally found. Snapshot simulations of the 1700 orphan tsunami spreading across the ... [... more]
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Towering Ancient Tsunami Devastated the Mediterranean
VIDEO: A new computer simulation recreates a catastrophic tsunami that spawned waves up to 130 feet tall. Maximum wave crests heights predicted by a computer simulation of the ancient event. Blue lines are arrival times of the first tsunami ... [... more]
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Tsunamis: The Grave, Global and Unpredictable Threat
Residents of Japan have fled the coast twice in the past two months. Both times the tsunamis were minor. Why does one earthquake generate huge waves while another does not? In an eerie repeat of an event two months ago, thousands of resident in ... [... more]
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The Odds of Dying
When major catastrophes strike, like the recent Asian earthquake and tsunami, the mass deaths can lead one to think that natural disasters are the most likely way people can die. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, the leading ... [... more]
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Insurance Company Funds Study of East Coast Tsunami Risk
Scientists say it could happen, but figuring how when and how is more challenging than on the West Coast. An insurance company has given $86,000 to scientists at the University of Rhode Island to study the potential damage were a large tsunami to ... [... more]
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Eerie Underwater Recording of Deadly Indonesian Earthquake
Underwater microphones designed to listen for nuclear explosions picked up the hiss and rumble from the tsunami-causing quake. Sound from last December's huge tsunami-causing earthquake was picked up by underwater microphones designed to listen ... [... more]
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Native Lore Adds Clues to Ancient U.S. Catastrophes
Scientists study oral tales in search of information to add to the geologic record. This illustration depicts a late 19th century interior ceremonial screen from Port Alberni, on British Columbia's Vancouver Island. It shows Thunderbird carrying ... [... more]
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Sumatran Quake Left 'Scar' on Earth's Gravity
Uplift from the devastating 2004 quake left a detectable gash on Earth's gravity field, scientists predict. The geoid (the surface of equal gravitational potential of a hypothetical ocean at rest) serves as the classical reference for all ... [... more]
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The one-minute warning
The warning system covering the Pacific Ocean might save many lives. But nothing can stop the destruction. The warning system covering the Pacific Ocean might save many lives if a tsunami strikes Southern California. But nothing can stop the ... [... more]
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New Method Promises Better Earthquake Prediction
Predicting major earthquakes, at least the type that produce tsunamis, may get a little easier with knowledge gleaned from a new study of past events. An ocean bottom seismometer, or OBS, like this one will be deployed in 2007 on the East Pacific ... [... more]
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Tsunami Earthquake Three Times Larger Than First Thought
A new analysis of longer-period waves reveals the event was more intense than previously known. The scientists' view of the Sumatra earthquake. Credit: Northwestern University A new analysis of the December earthquake that caused disastrous ... [... more]
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Tsunami-Causing Earthquake Trimmed Bulge off Earth's Middle
Launched in 1992, the ocean-monitoring Topex/Poseidon satellite mission is a joint effort between NASA and the French Space Agency that monitors global ocean circulation and climate interactions between the sea and atmosphere. The Dec. 26 ... [... more]
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