Typhoons trigger slow earthquakes
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 12:28
in Earth & Climate
Scientists have made the surprising finding that typhoons trigger slow earthquakes, at least in eastern Taiwan. Slow earthquakes are non-violent fault slippage events that take hours or days instead of a few brutal seconds to minutes to release their potent energy. The researchers discuss their data in a study published the 11 June issue of Nature...