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Evidence Of Tsunamis On Indian Ocean Shores Long Before 2004
A quarter-million people
were killed when a tsunami
inundated Indian Ocean
coastlines the day after
Christmas in 2004. Now
scientists have found
... > full story
Tsunami Invisibility Cloak Could Make Structures 'Disappear'
Rather than building
stronger ocean-based
structures to withstand
tsunamis, it might be easier
to simply make the
structures disappear. ... > full story
World’s Largest Tsunami Debris Discovered
A line of massive boulders
on the western shore of
Tonga may be evidence of the
most powerful
volcano-triggered tsunami
found to date. Up to 9
... > full story
Exploring Sichuan Fault
Scientists are to explore
the fault lines that caused
the May 12th earthquake in
China that killed 69,000
people. ... > full story
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Another Large Earthquake Off Coast Of Sumatra Likely
December 4, 2008 — The subduction zone that brought us the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake and tsunami is ripe for yet another large event, despite a sequence of quakes that occurred in the Mentawai Islands area in ... > full story -
During The Boxing Day Tsunami, The Local Population In Sri Lanka Was Pushed Aside By Foreign Aid Workers, Study Suggests
November 27, 2008 — Everyone remembers the deadly tsunami which swept across Asian beaches on Boxing Day 2004. In Sri Lanka alone, the tsunami claimed more than 30 000 lives in a few minutes. About one and a half ... > full story -
New Approach In Tsunami-early Warning System
November 11, 2008 — The newly implemented Tsunami Early Warning System for the Indian Ocean, German Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System, goes into operation November 10 and with this, the system enters its final ... > full story -
May 2008 Earthquake In China Could Be Followed By Another Significant Rupture
September 11, 2008 — Researchers analyzing the May 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in China's Sichuan province have found that geological stress has significantly increased on three major fault systems in the region. The ... > full story -
Earthquake Zone Off Oregon Coast Surprisingly Active
August 27, 2008 — Scientists have completed a new analysis of an earthquake fault line that extends some 200 miles off the southern and central Oregon coast that they say is more active than the San Andreas Fault in ... > full story -
Ocean Surface A Boon For Extreme Event Forecasts, Warnings
July 27, 2008 — For humans in the path of destructive hurricanes and tsunamis, an accurate warning of the pending event is critical for damage control and survival. Such warnings, however, require a solid base of ... > full story -
Improved Tsunami Early Warning With New Software System
July 14, 2008 — After completing their simulation component in the German-Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System, tsunami modeling scientists have presented a new software system for warning of tsunami events with ... > full story -
Geologists Study China Earthquake For Glimpse Into Future
July 7, 2008 — The May 12 earthquake that rocked Sichuan Province in China was the first there in recorded history and unexpected in its magnitude. Now a team of geoscientists is looking at the potential for future ... > full story -
Stress Buildup Precedes Large Sumatra Earthquakes: When Can We Expect The Next One?
May 29, 2008 — The island of Sumatra, Indonesia, has shaken many times with powerful earthquakes since the one that wrought the infamous 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Now, scientists from the California Institute of ... > full story -
Big Earthquakes Spark Jolts Worldwide
May 26, 2008 — Until 1992, when California's magnitude-7.3 Landers earthquake set off small jolts as far away as Yellowstone National Park, scientists did not believe large earthquakes sparked smaller tremors at ... > full story
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