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USGS quake model projects huge death toll in Venezuela

The second of back-to-back earthquakes that struck Venezuela on Wednesday was the most powerful to hit the country in more ...
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Lighting up earthquakes: How scientists watched ruptures evolve in milliseconds

Scientists have built a lab model that visually tracks how microscopic contact points between fault surfaces evolve during earthquake cycles, revealing the hidden mechanics behind both the slow ...
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Lighting a new way to predict earthquakes: Laboratory model links fault contact area to earthquake occurrences

Researchers have developed a laboratory earthquake model that connects the microscopic real contact area between fault surfaces to the possibility of earthquake occurrences. Published in the ...
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UAF grad student works on project to better detect offshore earthquakes

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A grad student at UAF is helping with an Alaska Earthquake Center project aimed at developing a new method for better locating offshore earthquakes that could be integrated ...