Puerto Rico tsunami deposit could have come from pre-Columbian megathrust earthquake
Tsunami deposits identified in a coastal mangrove pond in Northwest Puerto Rico could have come from a megathrust earthquake at the Puerto Rico Trench that occurred between 1470 and 1530, according to research reported at the Seismological Society of.....»»
Asbury sells Lexus store and Baxter Auto adds Toyota dealership in Q1, Q4 deals
Asbury Automotive Group Inc. sold a Lexus dealership, Baxter Auto bought a Toyota dealership and a Puerto Rico dealer bought his first U.S. mainland store......»»
Could Fukushima"s radioactive water pose lasting threat to humans and the environment?
The meltdown of Japan's Fukushima Daiichi power plant, caused by the devastating earthquake and tsunami of March 2011, represents the most severe nuclear power accident of the 21st century so far......»»
New research shakes up what we knew about Idaho"s big 2020 earthquake that hit Boise
New research is shaking up what we know about Idaho earthquakes and the faults that cause them as scientists try to better understand the state's seismic activity......»»
T-Mobile expands 5G home internet to Puerto Rico
T-Mobile has been a leader in 5G home internet over the last few years. Now alongside availability to tens of millions of homes in the contiguous 48 states, T-Mobile 5G home internet has launched in the US territory of Puerto Rico. more….....»»
Tsunami on the plains: Researchers find that sea waves once swept Canadian Prairie Provinces
Hundreds of millions of years ago, an earthquake sent a series of massive waves across the ancient sea that covered part of Western Canada and the northern United States......»»
Earthquake research traces the pace of an approaching "seismic dragon king"
The 'Dragon King' theory was proposed based on the physics of complexity. According to this theory, 'Dragon King' events deviate from the power law distribution as a statistical outlier and, noticeably, have predictability......»»
Earthquakes impact forest resilience for decades post-event, research suggests
Earthquake effects are often thought of in terms of the human impact, be that fatalities or destruction to homes and infrastructure. However, the environmental toll can also be damaging, and new research, published in Nature Geoscience, suggests the.....»»
An earthquake with a preliminary 5.6 magnitude shakes Indonesia"s capital. No reports of casualties
A moderately strong earthquake late Sunday shook parts of Indonesia's main island of Java and the country's capital. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries......»»
Strange seismic wave arrivals lead to discovery of overturned slab in the Mediterranean
Strange seismic wave arrivals from a 2010 earthquake under Spain were the clues that led to an unexpected discovery beneath the western Mediterranean: a subducted oceanic slab that has completely overturned......»»
New detection method aims to warn of landslide tsunamis
University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers have devised a way to remotely detect large landslides within minutes of occurrence and to quickly determine whether they are close to open water and present a tsunami hazard......»»
Earthquake fatality measure offers new way to estimate impact on countries
A new measure that compares earthquake-related fatalities to a country's population size concludes that Ecuador, Lebanon, Haiti, Turkmenistan, Iran and Portugal have experienced the greatest impact from fatalities in the past five centuries......»»
Tesla tries a winter discount for Model Y in cooling U.S. EV market
Tesla is offering $1,000 off until March in the U.S. and Puerto Rico "since most people don't love to buy cars in the middle of winter," CEO Elon Musk says......»»
New fossil site of worldwide importance uncovered in southern France
Paleontology enthusiasts have unearthed one of the world's richest and most diverse fossil sites from the Lower Ordovician period (around 470 million years ago). Located in Montagne Noire, in the Hérault department of France, this deposit of over 40.....»»
Cleaned surfaces may be germ-free, but they"re not bare
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, surfaces in public spaces have been cleaned more often. While disinfectant solutions eliminate germs, they don't leave behind a truly bare surface. They deposit a thin film that doesn't get wiped up, even after giving.....»»
CyberShake study uses Summit supercomputer to investigate earthquake hazards
Researchers at the Statewide California Earthquake Center, or SCEC, are unraveling the mysteries of earthquakes by using physics-based computational models running on high-performance computing systems at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National.....»»
How political issues hindered Turkey"s 2023 earthquake response
Two major earthquakes shook southern Turkey on February 6, 2023. Over 50,000 people lost their lives and nearly 2 million people—many of whom were Syrian refugees—were evacuated from the country's affected provinces......»»
How an Oklahoma earthquake showed danger remains after years of quakes becoming less frequent
After a dramatic spike in earthquakes in the early 2010s, state regulators in Oklahoma began taking steps to limit the injection of wastewater from oil and gas extraction deep into the ground. As a result, the number of earthquakes, particularly larg.....»»
Ghana struggling with tsunami of secondhand clothes
It takes Nii Armah and his crew of 30 fishermen hours to haul their weighty nets to shore on the bustling Korle-Gonno beach of Ghana's capital Accra......»»
CCA orients wooden Casa Wabi pavilion around orchid cultivation
Mexican architecture studio Centro de Colaboración Arquitectónica has created a pavilion made from wood at Casa Wabi outside of Puerto Escondido, Mexico. Read more Mexican architecture studio Centro de Colaboración Arquitectónica has cre.....»»
Oklahoma rattled by shallow 5.1 magnitude earthquake
A 5.1 magnitude earthquake shook an area near Oklahoma City late Friday night, the U.S. Geological Survey reported......»»