Category: EQ

Remembering Fukushima: 10 Years After The Devastation

3/11/2021

A decade ago, NPR photographer David Gilkey documented the aftermath of the destruction caused by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami. The earthquake triggered an explosion at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant that ravaged the region. In an attempt to capture what happened, Gilkey said, "It's really hard to put any of this into a perspective that someone would understand at home. This town today was literally just ... gone." He was referring to the devastation in Rikuzentakata in the Iwate Prefecture. On the 10th anniversary of this catastrophe, we look back at Gilkey's photos. - NPR

Oil Field Operations Likely Triggered EQs in CA Near the San Andreas Fault

11/16/2020

The way companies drill for oil and gas and dispose of wastewater can trigger earthquakes, at times in unexpected places. In West Texas, earthquake rates are now 30 times higher than they were in 2013. Studies have also linked earthquakes to oil field operations in Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado and Ohio. California was thought to be an exception, a place where oil field operations and tectonic faults apparently coexisted without much problem. Now, new research shows that the state's natural earthquake activity may be hiding industry-induced quakes. - Phys.Org

Some Farm Animals Might Have a Sense About Impending Earthquakes

8/29/2020

Stabled animals seem to grow fidgety in the hours before an earthquake, whereas their free-range counterparts show no discernible difference in behavior. - EOS

Remembering Fukushima: 10 Years After The Devastation

Oil Field Operations Likely Triggered EQs in CA Near the San Andreas Fault

Some Farm Animals Might Have a Sense About Impending Earthquakes

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