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Geotimes
October 2005 |
Geomedia Book Reviews: Never Piss Into the Wind by Jules R. DuBar... A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906 by Simon Winchester...   |
American History
April 2006
Eric Niderost |
The Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire San Francisco has a history of surviving disasters -- but none bigger than the 1906 earthquake that shook the city to its core and ignited a howling blaze that threatened its total destruction. |
Geotimes
April 2006 |
This Month in History... April 18, 1906: The Great Earthquake Destroys San Francisco Those few individuals who were involved in the relatively new science of seismology quickly journeyed to San Francisco that long ago April to see for themselves the effects of the disaster, to record their observations in scientific terms, and to hypothesize on its causes. |
Scientific American
January 2006
David Appell |
Easing Jitters When Buildings Rumble After natural disasters, an anxious public wants to see that someone understands the catastrophe. For California quakes, seismologist Lucy Jones does the job. |
Geotimes
October 2003 |
Geomedia Book Review: Krakatoa... DVD: Revisiting The Core... Maps: Annotated list of references for geologic mapping in Iraq... etc. |
Wired
July 2004
Brendan I. Koerner |
The Seismic Underground It's the sweet spot of the San Andreas fault, the perfect place to build the ultimate earthquake science lab. It's also 2 miles straight down. |
Geotimes
March 2005
Susan E. Hough |
Earthquakes: Predicting the Unpredictable? Seismologists are quite good at identifying where large earthquakes are likely to occur on time scales of several decades to centuries, but still unable to identify regions where earthquakes will happen tomorrow, next week, or even within the next few years. |
Geotimes
March 2004
Mark Zoback |
Earthquake Prediction and the Developing World The toll from the Iranian earthquake in December -- at least 30,000 dead and an estimated 40,000 homeless in just a few seconds -- is difficult to comprehend. Unfortunately, we can predict with reasonable certainty that sometime in the next few years, in a country with buildings unprepared to withstand disaster, a catastrophic quake will happen again |
Popular Mechanics
May 13, 2008
Erik Sofge |
3 Frontiers in Earthquake Tech to Aid China--and Help the U.S. Can a network of GPS sensors store enough data online to scout the Bay Area's looming quake? And could the rig work in the Chinese countryside? |
Geotimes
November 2005
Naomi Lubick |
Bolivian Earthquake Strikes Deep A magnitude-6.9 earthquake rumbled through Bolivia and northern Chile yesterday. No immediate deaths or damage were reported, although people evacuated their homes. |
Outside
October 2005
Barcott & Duane |
Primal Urges Books: Our Inner Ape by Frans de Wall... The Ape in the Corner Office by Richard Conniff... A Crack in the Edge of the World: American and the Great California Earthquake by Simon Winchester... Walking it Off: A Veteran's Chronicle of War and Wilderness by Doug Peacock... |
Geotimes
December 2006 |
Top Natural Hazards News Stories of 2006 Looking Into Landslides... Getting Ready for the Rumble... Levee Concerns Abound... Spreading Wildfire... etc. |
Geotimes
January 2006
Alan Cutler |
Time Out of Mind The author's biography of 17th-century geologist Nicolaus Steno makes it clear that the age of Earth is not a cold, technical fact, but an idea woven through science and through modern culture -- and idea that people will always struggle to accept. |
Geotimes
April 2006
Megan Sever |
100 Years After San Francisco Quake Whether you're tracing historical locations of the 1906 earthquake or just traveling through San Francisco and the Bay Area, be aware of your surroundings -- researchers say it's not a question of "if" the San Andreas will shake San Francisco again, it's a matter of "when." |
Popular Mechanics
July 30, 2008
Erik Sofge |
L.A. Quake Was Minor, but Is America Ready for the Big One? The quake preparedness of Los Angeles was put to the test yesterday, but only barely. |
BusinessWeek
March 17, 2011
Jonathan Tirone |
Searching for Clues Along the Ring of Fire Japan's earthquake will generate aftershocks for years, producing data that may yield insights about the quake-prone Pacific Rim. |
Geotimes
August 2004
Susan Hough |
California Wines: Well-Shaken and Stirred When wine country is also earthquake country, wineries take their lumps along with everyone and everything else. |
Geotimes
December 2005
David Applegate |
A Year of Living Dangerously Recent destructive events are reminders of our society's growing vulnerability to natural disasters as more people move into harm's way. Scientists seeking to understand the underlying geologic systems have an obligation to learn more. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2005
Bleier & Freund |
Earthquake Alarm Impending earthquakes have been sending us warning signals -- and people are finally starting to listen. |
Geotimes
September 2004
Megan Sever |
Quake strikes Central California The U.S. Geological Survey received more than 9,000 reports from people who felt the quake, from Sacramento to Los Angeles. |
Geotimes
October 2006
Carolyn Gramling |
Strong Earthquake Shakes up Hawaii A magnitude-6.7 earthquake rumbled through the island chain of Hawaii, originating near Hawaii island, known as the "Big Island," according to the USGS. An aftershock with a magnitude of 6.0 followed seven minutes later. |
Geotimes
June 2004
Naomi Lubick |
Super-Size Quake California fell into the sea during a television miniseries aired by NBC. In addition to the other faulty geologic premises of the melodrama, one elemental error is the size of the earthquake that spawned the miniseries' disasters. |
Geotimes
March 2006
Kathryn Hansen |
Earthquake Jostles Iran After an evening of precursory tremors, a magnitude-6.1 earthquake struck western Iran today. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2007
Jean Kumagai |
How to Master a Seismic Disaster When the next big earthquake hits Tokyo, engineers bet even a few seconds can save lives. |
Geotimes
September 2004
Naomi Lubick |
Lucy Jones: The Calm After the Quake Now a leading earthquake scientist, Lucy Jones is the voice of seismology for Southern California, and her new position as chair of the California Seismic Safety Commission has the potential to pump up the volume of her message. |
Geotimes
December 2006
Kathryn Hansen |
Lab Experiment Reveals Earthquake Ruptures Not all earthquakes are created equal, according to new research that has brought earthquakes into the lab. For the first time, researchers physically observed two types of earthquake growth patterns, which until now, were limited to the realm of theory. |
Geotimes
March 2003
Robert M. Hamilton |
Milestones in Earthquake Research This year, the first national program for earthquake research turns 25. More importantly, Congress will consider its reauthorization in the upcoming session. As we look to its future incarnation, it is worth keeping in mind what led to the program in the first place. |
Geotimes
November 2007 |
Down to Earth With.... David Applegate An interview with David Applegate: historian, geologist, Congressional Science Fellow, former editor of Geotimes, and presently the head of the U.S. Geological Survey's Earthquake Hazards Program. |
Science News
August 12, 2006 |
Science Safari: Earthquake Hazards To keep up with the latest rumblings around the globe, the U.S. Geological Service offers a Web site with current earthquake data. |
Geotimes
May 2006
Carolyn Gramling |
Indonesian Quake Linked to Volcanic Activity? A powerful earthquake rocked through Indonesia's district of Bantul early Saturday morning, leaving thousands dead and hundreds of thousands homeless. The quake could spell trouble for nearby Mount Merapi volcano, now on high alert for eruption. |
Geotimes
May 2005
David Applegate |
Lessons From Sumatra In the months following the December 26, 2004 earthquake and tsunami U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists and their colleagues around the world have been working hard to learn from the tragedy so that such loss of life does not happen again. |
Geotimes
June 2005
Naomi Lubick |
California Earthquake Spawns Tsunami Worry The epicenter of a magnitude-7.2 earthquake that struck off northern California set off a tsunami warning for the entire West Coast, leading to an evacuation from Crescent City, Calif. |
Geotimes
December 2005
Kathryn Hansen |
Earthquake Shakes East Africa A magnitude 6.8 earthquake shook the Lake Tanganyika region in Africa today. |
Geotimes
July 2007 |
Geophysicist Ross Stein Like all who study earthquakes, Ross Stein doesn't want to just understand them - he wants to anticipate them. |
Geotimes
December 2003 |
Unnecessary devastation in Iran Residents in California have come to expect that their buildings will survive an earthquake. In that light, the extent of the damage in Iran is horrific. Increasingly, in less developed countries with skyrocketing urban centers, untrustworthy construction has led to high numbers of deaths. |
