Science news articles about 'largest earthquakes'

... comprehensive analysis ever of what a major Southern California earthquake would mean, and is the scientific framework for what will be the largest earthquake preparedness drill in California history.

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. Geological Survey says it's preparing for the largest earthquake drill in the nation's history -- the Great Southern California ShakeOut.

... providing the first direct look at the geophysical fault properties underlying some of the world's largest earthquakes and tsunamis. The Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment (NanTroSEIZE) is the ...

... in understanding and mitigating earthquake hazards and in imaging the structure of the earth. The second largest earthquake swarm ever recorded in Yellowstone National Park occurred during the two ...

... sat on a massive vibrating shake table - the largest in the world, measuring over 3,000 square ... simulate the shaking that would happen during the largest earthquake that each fault is considered likely ...

... from strong earthquakes. The catastrophe of December 2004 was, with a magnitude of 9.3, the second largest earthquake ever registered. One quarter of an hour after the quake, the tsunami reached the ...

... converge in the Japanese city of Miki to perform the largest earthquake simulation ever attempted on a wooden ... project." The 1994 magnitude 6.7 earthquake in Northridge, Calif., and 1995 magnitude 6 ...

MIKI, Japan, July 10 (UPI) -- The largest earthquake simulation ever performed on a wood building could yield data on how to protect homes and apartments, U.S. and Japanese engineers said.

... San Andreas Fault. The results, which appear this week in the journal Nature, suggest that the Earth's largest earthquakes can weaken fault zones worldwide and may trigger periods of increased global ...