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What causes tremors? What makes them stop? Can they be predicted? Are our buildings as safe as they can be?
September 15, 2008 |
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David Oglesby, a geophysicist at the University of California, Riverside, shakes out a response.
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William Menke, a seismologist at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, explains
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Earthquakes kill thousands of people and cause billions of dollars in damage every year
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In the tragic aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004, scientists and warning centers are now better equipped to forecast and model these monstrous waves
By analyzing earthquakes when and where they strike, a computerized system could save lives
An earthquake that sustains high speeds on a straightaway may impart extra damage
A lack of rumbling does not necessarily make an earthquake harmless. Some of the quiet types could presage devastating tsunamis or larger, ground-shaking shocks
Could the big one be far behind?
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