Cascadia Quake Zone Gets Wired Up
One of the most under-appreciated earthquake hazard zones in the United States is getting extra attention with a new seismometer array to monitor natural hazards.
NASA Sends Airborne Radar to Map Haiti Faults in 3-D
NASA is sending a radar-equipped jet to Haiti to make 3-D maps of the deformation caused by the magnitude 7 earthquake on Jan. 21 and multiple aftershocks that continue to occur.
Haitian Creole Data Released
PITTSBURGH — In response to the humanitarian crisis in Haiti, scientists at Carnegie Mellon University’s Language Technologies Institute (LTI) have publicly released spoken and textual data they’ve compiled on Haitian Creole so that translation tools …
Airborne Radar Looks At Haiti Earthquake Faults
Image 1: NASA’s UAVSAR airborne radar will create 3-D maps of earthquake faults over wide swaths of Haiti (red shaded area) and the Dominican Republic (yellow shaded area). Image credit: NASAImage 2: The UAVSAR underbelly pod is in clear view as NASA’s…
Scientists return to Haiti to assess possibility of another major quake
A team funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) is returning to Haiti this week to investigate the cause of the Jan. 12, magnitude 7 earthquake there.
NASA flights check Haiti for more quake signs
The U.S. space agency NASA will send surveillance flights over Haiti and the Dominican Republic to look for signs that more earthquakes may hit the area after a giant quake that killed as many as 200,000 people two weeks ago.
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Haiti Reconstruction Will Require Local Input
Universite de Montreal urbanism professor specializes in rebuilding after natural catastrophesDestruction in Haiti, the result of a January 12 earthquake, is staggering. The majority of the capital city of Port-au-Prince will have to be rebuilt from sc…
NSF Scientists To Assess Possibility Of Another Major Quake In Haiti
Geoscientists will collect crucial data for future hazard assessmentA team funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) is returning to Haiti this week to investigate the cause of the January 12, magnitude 7 earthquake there.The geologists will coll…
After Haiti: What cities are most at risk from earthquakes?
The magnitude-7.0 earthquake that reduced parts of Haiti to rubble could happen in a number of cities around the world thanks to exponential population growth, increasing poverty and lax or nonexistent building codes.
Aftershocks In Haiti Possibly For Next 30 Days
A preliminary U.S. Geological Survey assessment has found that the sequence of aftershocks following the magnitude 7 earthquake that struck near Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Jan.