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What made the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake?
The Ocean Drilling Program recently published results indicating that the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake produced a maximum co-seismic slip of more than 50 meters near the Japan Trench. This is the ...
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Energy conversions, on terrestrial scale, before and during a massive Earthquake
Ethan Siegel is an astrophysicist who is now making a living as science blogger.
There is a post titled: Where does an Earthquake's energy come from?
Ethan Siegel points out that massive earthquake ...
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How to convert Richter magnitude scale to approximate TNT?
I know the Richter magnitude scale is often used for measuring the strength of earthquakes. At the same time, explosive/destructive releases of energy are often quoted in equivalent amounts of TNT. Is ...
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High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) And Earthquake Myth or Reality? [duplicate]
Could HAARP (or any other secret device) really trigger an earthquake?
For example I've heard that U.S Trigger 6.3 magnitude earthquake in Kaki near Bushehr to destroy Iran's nuclear power plant!?
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How does one explain this pattern generated by earthquake waving driving a pendulum?
How to explain this pattern generated by earthquake wave driving a pendulum? Specially, there are three groups of curves that look categorically different:
1) The group of curves outside the ...
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Plate tectonics and water
In a couple of places already i've read the following assertion:
It is believed that plate tectonics might play an important part in
maintaining the presence of water on a planet's surface
one ...
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Jerk Magnitudes and Earthquakes
Destruction from earthquakes depends on many factors, including magnitude, occurrence depth and closeness to epicenter. One measure that may relate destructive force for buildings and infrastructure ...
