Sentences with phrase «from small earthquakes»

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Although geologists can use seismic data from large earthquakes to see features deep in the earth, the shallow subsurface geology of the park has remained a mystery, because mapping it out would require capturing everyday miniature ground movement and seismic energy on a much smaller scale.

«It has been argued for decades that fault systems evolving over geological time may unify smaller fault segments, forming mature rupture zones with a potential for larger earthquake,» said Marco Bohnhoff, professor of geophysics at the German Research Center for Geosciences in Potsdam, Germany, who sought to clarify the seismic hazard potential from the NAFZ.

Building on light - cloaking work, physicists took a small step toward the goal of shielding cities from earthquakes by deflecting incoming energy.

«We want to stop fluid injection from triggering even small earthquakes in Texas so that the probability of larger earthquakes is significantly reduced.»

The preliminary results from the Cascadia Initiative include a report of previously undetected, small earthquakes offshore, and seismic imaging that reveals new offshore structures at the subduction zone.

The Curtin team emphasize that the sound may have come from other sources, such a small earthquake, but thinks that the lead is worth pursuing.

Sbarra and colleagues sought to analyze two variables — how an observer's «situation» and «location» influenced their perception in order to improve the characterization of low macroseismic intensities felt near small earthquakes or far from larger ones.

Early results from NEPTUNE Canada include seismometer readings from the Chilean earthquake in February, and bottom - pressure sensor results that tracked the small tsunami waves it generated.

Now, seismologists led by Michael West of the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, have shown that 14 small earthquakes near Alaska's Mount Wrangell — nearly 11,000 kilometers from Indonesia — were related to the Sumatran quake.

In the latest research the researchers used data from previous fracking operations to measure the distance between the furthest detected microseismic event — a small earthquake caused by hydraulic fracturing of the rock or fault reactivation — and the injection point in the fracking borehole.

The $ 25 - million project aimed to achieve two firsts: to sample rocks from deep inside an active fault, and to install pressure sensors, thermometers and seismometers within a roughly 3 - kilometre - deep borehole to catch a small earthquake in action.

Over the wide frequency range of seismic waves transmitted through the Earth (hundreds of seconds to ten cycles per second), the sensors of the permanent and transportable seismic and magnetotelluric arrays will resolve the smallest background motions at the quietest of sites, while remaining «on scale» for all but the largest ground motions from regional earthquakes.

All of these small activities could not happen without the support we have received from so many tourists and so have named our CD of photos «We could n`t have done it without YOU» We want to take this chance to thank you sincerely for bringing out childrens shoes, clothes and educational items which have been so gratefully received and people who generally supported the Ica Earthquake Victims in so many ways.

I changed our Christchurch accommodation booking from being in the centre of town to an airport hotel, and while I did have my scary first ever smaller scale earthquake experience in that hotel I felt safe, as a result of the research I had conducted prior to our visit.

Two months ago, 19 - year - old Haitian artist and high school student Alex Louis was living on Grand Rue in a small makeshift house in his home town of Port - au - Prince, a city still recovering from an earthquake...

On Facebook, the Darjeeling Chronicle is compiling appeals for help from small towns and villages devastated in Nepal's earthquake.

This is borne out by data from the Earthquake Hazards Program of the US Geological Survey, which indicates most recorded earthquakes in the region have been both small and deep.

Two small Earthquakes were recorded near Lake Oroville in the last 24 hrs, which appear to be a result of the fast lake level changes, and the subsequent release of pressure from water weight.

Homeowners insurance typically does not provide coverage for earthquakes, but an older home can sustain damage from even a small tremor.