Articles About Earthquake

Author:
Tom Silva
Posted:
09.06.2011

There’s A Whole Lot of Shaking Going On

A big shake-up occurred recently in Washington, D.C.,  although it was not of the variety that some would prefer.  The nation’s capital was taken by surprise when it was hit by a 5.9-intensity earthquake that rocked the East Coast and was felt as far away as Boston, North Carolina and even Michigan.  Although early reports […]

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Author:
John Coletta
Posted:
03.22.2010

Chile, Haiti Earthquakes Point to Need for Quake-Proof Buildings

Two massive earthquakes in a single month – an 8.8 trembler in Chile and a 7.0 quake in Haiti – have raised the question of whether engineers can design buildings that don’t crumble when the earth’s tectonic plates crash against one another. Although the simple answer is that the technology exists to make buildings almost […]

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Author:
Tom Silva
Posted:
03.09.2010

Chilean Earthquake Shortened Day, Knocked Earth Off Its Axis

The 8.8 magnitude Chilean earthquake was so strong that it literally knocked the earth off its axis – permanently. Richard Gross, a research scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, calculated that the earth’s rotation changed so that the length of our day is now roughly 1.26 microseconds shorter.  A microsecond is equivalent to one millionth […]

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Author:
Tom Silva
Posted:
01.19.2010

Texting to Save Haiti

Text “HAITI” to 90999  on your cell phone and $10 will be donated to the American Red Cross for earthquake relief in the Western Hemisphere’s poorest nation.  That $10 donation will appear on your next cell phone bill – a quick and painless way to speed relief to a country reeling in the face of […]

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