Scripps Researchers Pinpoint Hot Spots as Earthquake Trigger Points
Fialko says the melt welt finding could eventually lead to improved "shake" maps of ground-shaking intensities, as well as improvements in structural engineering plans. Future studies include investigations about why the melt welt weakening … Now in …
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Researchers study forces behind Virginia quake
A lot of work has been done, but there's a lot more to do and years of data to analyze, says Wright Horton, a research geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Reston. Horton is among those working to understand the event that caused $ 80 million in …
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