Sold! Wellington's old air traffic control tower off the market

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 03:43:00 +0100nzherald (en)

The four-storey building will require some significant work, including asbestos removal and earthquake strengthening. Photo / Supplied Wellington's old air traffic control tower, affectionately known as "Arnold", has sold. The building is thought to be the only air traffic control tower in the....

'Great Earthquake' in Store? Study Warns That Himalayas Could Produce Massive Quakes in Future

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 03:19:00 +0100india (en)

New Delhi: In the past few months, India has experienced a series of frequent earthquakes, raising fears and speculation among people that the worst is yet to come. And it seems more disaster is in store as a new study has warned that the entire Himalayan arc is poised to produce a sequence of great earthquakes.

Séismes à Strasbourg en 2019 : un test sur un site de géothermie suspendu après de nouvelles secousses

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 02:36:00 +0100lefigaro (fr)

À lire aussi Noto, la cité sicilienne baroque reconstruite sur les décombres du séisme de 1693 Ces deux «événements sismiques» d'intensité limitée ont eu lieu autour du site géothermique Fonroche de Reichstett et Vendenheim (Bas-Rhin), au nord de Strasbourg: l'un mardi à 23h30 (magnitude 2,1),....

Tsunamis en el Ártico: La nueva y peligrosa amenaza del cambio climático

Wed, 28 Oct 2020 22:18:00 +0100cubadebate (es)

“Posibles efectos devastadores” es como califica Anna Liljedahl a lo que puede pasar en Alaska, que algunos científicos hablan incluso de en 12 meses o tan solo algunos años. La geóloga le señala a BBC Mundo que su preocupación es muy grande debido a que existen condiciones para un deslizamiento mucho más grande que todos los vistos en el siglo XX.

Tsunamis en el Ártico: la nueva y peligrosa amenaza del cambio climático

Wed, 28 Oct 2020 21:01:00 +0100elobservador (es)

Barry Arm es una estrecha brecha de costa en el sur de Alaska. No es muy grande si se la compara con el extenso borde de Norteamérica que colinda con el océano Pacífico, pero el lugar provoca una particular preocupación. En Barry Arm, advierten geólogos, se puede llegar a producir un deslizamiento....

Letters to the Editor: Wildfires aren't just suffocating California. We're wheezing through a global crisis

Wed, 28 Oct 2020 11:13:00 +0100latimes (en)

To the editor: Are empty asthma inhalers recyclable? This fire season my family has acquired quite a stash, because as your article on fire-weary Californians contemplating leaving the state says, “a record shattering 4 million acres burned in three months.” All Californians are experiencing or will feel ill health effects from this.

Magnitude 4.8 earthquake rattles central New Zealand

Wed, 28 Oct 2020 05:14:00 +0100tvnz (en)

According to GeoNet, the quake struck 75 km south-east of Seddon at a depth of 31km, at 4.01pm. Over 1500 people have so far reported feeling the earthquake via GeoNet, with most reporting weak to light shaking. The earthquake was mostly felt in Wellington and the top of the South Island, with a....

3.3-magnitude earthquake jolts Nagpur, Maharashtra | India News

Tue, 27 Oct 2020 16:57:00 +0100exbulletin (en)

According to the National Center of Seismology, the earthquake occurred 96 kilometers northeast of Nagpur. The National Seismology Center tweeted: “A magnitude 3.3 earthquake, occurred on 10/27-2020, 04:10:50 India time, latitude: 21.92 and long: 79.50, depth: 15 km, location: 96 km northeast of Nagpur, Maharashtra, India for more information.

Bridges with Limb-Inspired Architecture Can Withstand Earthquakes, Cut Repair Costs

Tue, 27 Oct 2020 14:46:00 +0100homelandsecuritynewswire (en)

Structural damage to any of the nation’s ailing bridges can come with a hefty price of billions of dollars in repairs. New bridge designs promise more damage-resistant structures and, consequently, lower restoration costs. But if these designs haven’t been implemented in the real world, predicting....

IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 7869: Motivation for and Effect of Cooking Class Participation: A Cross-Sectional Study Following the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

Tue, 27 Oct 2020 14:38:00 +0100mdpi (en)

We explored the association between the motivation for and effects of cooking class participation in disaster-affected areas following the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. We conducted questionnaire surveys in January and February 2020, and applied three Poisson regression models to a....

Earthquake observations in the age before Lisbon: eyewitness observation and earthquake philosophy in the Royal Society, 1665–1755

Tue, 27 Oct 2020 12:41:00 +0100royalsocietypublishing.uk (en)

Notes and Records: the Royal Society Journal of the History of Science, Ahead of Print.

Today in history: Oct. 26

Tue, 27 Oct 2020 09:52:00 +0100buffalonews (en)

A day after an earthquake sparked a deadly tsunami, Indonesia saw another natural disaster as Mount Merapi began erupting explosively, and more events that happened on this day in history. 1825: The Erie Canal In 1825, the Erie Canal opened in upstate New York, connecting Lake Erie and the Hudson River.

Japan Plans to Dump a Million Tons of Radioactive Water into the Pacific

Tue, 27 Oct 2020 06:45:00 +0100nationalinterest (en)

The Japanese government recently announced plans to release into the sea more than 1 million tonnes of radioactive water from the severely damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The move has sparked global outrage, including from UN Special Rapporteur Baskut Tuncak who recently I urge the....

Limb-inspired bridges promise high earthquake resistance at low cost

Tue, 27 Oct 2020 06:14:00 +0100newatlas (en)

Today’s bridge columns are typically formed by large monolithic concrete structures that afford them great strength, but do invite the possibility of cracking should an earthquake strike. There are other options, including constructing these load-bearing structures out of limb-inspired joints and....

A trip to Tohoku inspires new START study abroad program

Tue, 27 Oct 2020 04:46:00 +0100start-umd-edu (en)

START’s Education and Curriculum Development Research Assistant Meredith Collier and 18 University of Maryland undergraduate students returned from their Spring Break trip to Tohoku, Japan, where they were exposed to the region’s ongoing recovery from the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.

Today in history: Oct. 26

Tue, 27 Oct 2020 04:16:00 +0100missoulian (en)

A day after an earthquake sparked a deadly tsunami, Indonesia saw another natural disaster as Mount Merapi began erupting explosively, and more events that happened on this day in history. 1825: The Erie Canal In 1825, the Erie Canal opened in upstate New York, connecting Lake Erie and the Hudson River.

Bridges With Limb-Inspired Architecture Can Withstand Earthquakes, Cut Repair Costs

Tue, 27 Oct 2020 02:02:00 +0100eurasiareview (en)

In a study published in the journal Structure and Infrastructure Engineering , Texas A&M University and the University of Colorado Boulder researchers have conducted a comprehensive damage and repair assessment of a still-to-be-implemented bridge design using a panel of experts from academia and industry.

Former Christchurch school board chair labels Ministry of Education 'toxic'

Mon, 26 Oct 2020 22:26:00 +0100nzherald (en)

By Phil Pennington of RNZ The Ministry of Education went against expert advice at a quake-damaged Christchurch school, hit spiralling problems and costs, and was obstructive and misleading, documents show. The Ministry hit out against the school's leadership when they asked questions - and has been forced to apologise three times.

India much safer against tsunami threat: INCOIS director

Mon, 26 Oct 2020 20:53:00 +0100thehindu (en)

India is much safer against tsunami threat than it was in 2004, thanks to the state-of-the-art tsunami early warning system established at Indian National Centre for Ocean Information System (INCOIS) here. However, the best of warning systems could fail, if communities are not prepared, if they do....

Bridges with limb-inspired architecture can withstand earthquakes, cut repair costs

Mon, 26 Oct 2020 20:21:00 +0100sciencedaily (en)

In a study published in the journal Structure and Infrastructure Engineering , Texas A&M University and the University of Colorado Boulder researchers have conducted a comprehensive damage and repair assessment of a still-to-be-implemented bridge design using a panel of experts from academia and industry.

A Major Earthquake Could Unleash on a Portland Fault

Mon, 26 Oct 2020 19:35:00 +0100todayheadline (en)

Oct 26, 2020 12:00 PM EDT. A new study into the Portland Gales Creek Fault revealed that the fault could produce a major earthquake in the region of a magnitude 7.1. to 7.4, which could damage properties and potentially threaten lives in the Portland metro region. Researchers assured that this major earthquake is not likely to happen very soon.

Bridges with limb-inspired architecture can withstand earthquakes, cut repair costs

Mon, 26 Oct 2020 17:52:00 +0100eurekalert (en)

Structural damage to any of the nation's ailing bridges can come with a hefty price of billions of dollars in repairs. New bridge designs promise more damage-resistant structures and, consequently, lower restoration costs. But if these designs haven't been implemented in the real world, predicting....

Tectonically active fault line found in Ladakh

Mon, 26 Oct 2020 17:36:00 +0100uniindia (en)

New Delhi, Oct 26 (UNI) A recent study on the fault line in Ladakh region, where India and Asian Plates are joined, has been found to be tectonically active and calls for the relook into existing evolutionary models in the Himalayas zones, the Department of Science and Technology said here on Monday.

Newly identified tectonically active zone in Himalayas could alter earthquake study & predictions

Mon, 26 Oct 2020 16:17:00 +0100indiaeducationdiary (en)

New Delhi: The suture zone of the Himalayas or the Indus Suture Zone (ISZ) in the Ladakh region where Indian and Asian Plates are joined has been found to be tectonically active, as against current understanding that it is a locked zone. This could have major implications in terms of earthquake....

Today in history: Oct. 26

Mon, 26 Oct 2020 13:18:00 +0100wacotrib (en)

A day after an earthquake sparked a deadly tsunami, Indonesia saw another natural disaster as Mount Merapi began erupting explosively, and more events that happened on this day in history. 1825: The Erie Canal In 1825, the Erie Canal opened in upstate New York, connecting Lake Erie and the Hudson River.

Magnitude 4.7 earthquake rattles northeast Taiwan

Mon, 26 Oct 2020 02:55:00 +0100taiwannews (en)

Magnitude 4.7 earthquake rattles northeast Taiwan New Taipei City feels level 3 shockwave from magnitude 4.7 temblor. TAIPEI (Taiwan News) A magnitude 4.7 earthquake rattled northeastern Taiwan at 9:08 a.m. this morning (Oct. 26), according to the Central Weather Bureau (CWB).

Earthquakes registered in the Glarnerland and Basel area

Mon, 26 Oct 2020 01:14:00 +0100en24 (en)

In the canton of Glarus and also in the Basel area, the earth shook several times on Sunday evening. According to the earthquake service of ETH Zurich, the strongest earthquake was registered at 8.35 p.m. with a magnitude of around 4.4. Earthquakes of this magnitude are rather rare in Switzerland.

Terremoto de magnitud 5.4 golpea al oeste de Teherán

Sun, 25 Oct 2020 07:02:00 +0100nuevoperiodico (es)

Nuevo Periodico Terremoto de magnitud 5.4 golpea al oeste de Teherán Un terremoto de magnitud 5,4 golpeó un área ubicada en la frontera de las provincias de Qazvin y Hamadan de Irán, al oeste de la ciudad capital. El terremoto sacudió un área ubicada a 25 km de la ciudad de Avaj en la provincia de....

Viral Pet Cat Brings Home Two-Headed Snake, Leaves Florida Family in Shock

Sat, 24 Oct 2020 17:55:00 +0200india (en)

New Delhi: A Florida family was left stunned when their pet cat brought a two-headed snake into their Palm Harbor home this week. And, pictures of the reptile soon went viral after Kay Rogers and her family shared it online and it was shared on the official Facebook page of FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute.