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Who is most vulnerable during a major Northern California earthquake? POSTED ON MARCH 22, 2021 BY TEMBLOR A study shows that the most socioeconomically vulnerable communities in California are also most vulnerable to earthquakes; they’re likely to experience the greatest damage. By Olivia Box (@oli...

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Earthquakes: Science on Shaky Ground What's going on below when the ground starts to shake..... 23 March 2021 Presented by CHRIS SMITH, ADAM MURPHY. Production by ADAM MURPHY. CRACKED-MAP https://www.thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/naked-scientists-podcast/earthquakes-science-shaky-ground [/color]

Earthquake damage is more than just shaking What different factors lead to earthquake damage? 23 March 2021 Interview with Wendy Bohon, Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology Part of the show Earthquakes: Science on Shaky Ground EARTHQUAKE-DAMAGE https://www.thenakedscientists.com/articl...

High-rises at risk: Building codes underestimate Vancouver’s seismic hazard POSTED ON MA RCH 16, 2021 BY TEMBLOR S ta te of the art simulations reveal that Vancouver’s tall concrete buildings are especially vulnerable to some types of seismic waves. By S hi En Kim (@goes_by_kim) Citati on: Kim, S. ...

Disappearance of ancient lake may explain earthquake gap in Southern California POSTED ON MARCH 18, 2021 BY TEMBLOR New models add to the evidence that stress changes from prehistoric Lake Cahuilla helped trigger past large earthquakes. By Laura Fattaruso, M.S., Ph.D. Candidate, UMass Amherst (@lab...

Open AccessArticle Destructive M6.2 Petrinja Earthquake (Croatia) in 2020—Preliminary Multidisciplinary Research by Snježana Markušić 1,*, Davor Stanko 2, Davorin Penava 3, Ines Ivančić 1, Olga Bjelotomić Oršulić 4, Tvrtko Korbar 5 and Vasilis Sarhosis 6 1 Department of Geophysics, Faculty of Scien...

Earthquake cluster and tsunami alert: What you need to know

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Connecting faults improves earthquake forecasting models POSTED ON FEBRUARY 4, 2021 BY TEMBLOR A recent study shows that seismic hazard analyses can be improved by connecting more faults in an earthquake forecasting model. By Jeng Hann Chong, Cal State University Northridge Citation: Chong, J.H., 2...

Supercomputer creates over 700,000 years of simulated earthquakes POSTED ON FEBRUARY 22, 2021 BY TEMBLOR Researchers used supercomputers to create millennia of simulated earthquakes in Southern California, then studied what hazard these quakes might create. By Lauren Milideo, Ph.D., science writer ...

Petrinja earthquake moved crust 10 feet POSTED ON FEBRUARY 1, 2021 BY TEMBLOR A preliminary analysis shows that the fault that slipped in December’s destructive magnitude-6.4 Petrinja earthquake slipped about 10 feet (three meters). By Athanassios Ganas, National Observatory of Athens, Institute of ...

[b ] Earthquake lightning is grounded in rock slides [/b] POSTED ON JANUARY 27, 2021 BY TEMBLOR Recent lab experiments show that flashes of light seen during earthquakes come from rocks that fracture during landslides caused by shaking ground. By Melissa L. Weber, science writer (@Melwriter) Citatio...

Resilience of SMEs | UNDRR



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