Sentences with phrase «called slow earthquakes»

Bouchon says that monitoring the activity of these so - called slow earthquakes could be the key to detecting the accelerations in tectonic activity that hint at an impending catastrophic quake.

Now, however, a team of geophysicists reports that so - called slow earthquakes stir deep below the Pacific Northwest about every 14 months.

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A new University of Washington study finds that the same technique can be used to detect gradual movement of tectonic plates, what are called «slow slip» earthquakes.

Slow earthquakes, also called silent earthquakes, take days, weeks, or even months to release pent - up energy instead of seconds or minutes as in normal earthquakes.