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| Earthquake research center preps for 鈥楾he Big One鈥 | Major earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest are fairly uncommon, yet a significant threat looms: 鈥淭he Big One鈥 is an anticipated earthquake of magnitude 8 or higher. And it could happen any day. This projected earthquake 鈥 which would occur along the Cascadia Subduction Zone鈥 |
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| Earthquake research center to prep PNW for impending disaster | Major earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest are fairly uncommon, yet a significant threat looms: 鈥淭he Big One鈥 is an anticipated earthquake of magnitude 8 or higher. And it could happen any day. This projected earthquake 鈥 which would occur along the Cascadia鈥 |
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| Finding Fault(s): Geologists Keep Finding More Nearby Earthquake Makers | Shallow, active earthquake faults are being discovered all over Oregon and Washington state. Collectively, these may present a higher risk than the better known offshore Cascadia subduction zone. There's a line on a map for an active earthquake fault running through the forested鈥 |
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| Should Southern California Be Shaken by the Recent Quake Warning? | Last week, a swarm of 200 small earthquakes rumbled under the Salton Sea, a saline lake in Southern California. Although only three of the quakes measured above 4.0 on the Richter scale, seismologists worry that these temblors may portend a more dramatic earthquake鈥 |
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| North California quake: 160 people injured | A study, led by geologist Colin Amos from Western Washington University and published earlier this year in a journal, Nature, showed a possible link between earthquakes and the drought in the state, and found that a lack of water in the San Joaquin Valley is decreasing the weight on the San鈥 |
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| 63 trillion gallons of groundwater lost in drought, study finds | The U.S. Drought Monitor has declared much of California to be in a state of "exceptional drought." According to the Western Regional Climate Center in Reno, Nev., 2013 was California's driest in 119 years of records, and Los Angeles and other cities around the state鈥 |
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| If California's Drought Wasn't Scary Enough, Now It May Trigger Earthquakes | California鈥檚 drought has reached epic proportions. Nearly 60 percent of the state is in exceptional drought鈥攖he most severe category鈥攁nd farmers are depleting groundwater reserves at record rates as wildfires break out north and south. Now there鈥檚 something else to worry about:鈥 |
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| California Expected to Set Water Restrictions | In an attempt to help curb the impact of a three-year drought, California is likely to soon issue a first-time mandatory water restriction. |
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| Amos to discuss research on earthquakes, groundwater use May 16 on campus | |||
| Pulling Water Out of the Ground May Lead to Quakes on the San Andreas Fault | Earthquakes happen every day as the world鈥檚 tectonic plates slip, slide, crash and spread. Most are small or happen far away from people. And though scientists have named the faults where most of this action happens, people rarely pay attention unless a major earthquake occurs. One fault,鈥 |