Archive

May
May 19, 2013 00:00
Pick your quake from host of scenarios in state
April
April 25, 2013 00:00
Was deadly Tibet landslide natural or manmade?
April 08, 2013 00:00
Why evacuate for an earthquake no one can feel?
March
March 15, 2013 00:00
Chilling forecast on Northwest quake
February
February 26, 2013 00:00
NOVA Presents: Japans Killer Quake
February 13, 2013 00:00
Lessons for Seattle from New Zealand Earthquake

Christchurch earthquake experience yields lessons about threats from faults underneath cities. From the Seattle Times. http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2020343625_earthquakelessonsxml.html

February 08, 2013 00:00
Wild idea for seismic invisibility cloak
January
January 31, 2013 00:00
New initiative to build out EEW in California
January 05, 2013 00:00
M7.5 earthquake off southern Alaska
December
December 26, 2012 00:00
Black Sea earthquakes panic Georgians

An ongoing swarm of earthquakes (largest so far M~5.7) in the Black Sea off of the Georgian coast, and non-scientific claims of bigger earthquakes to come, have led to "panic" in the population. http://dfwatch.net/earthquake-hits-georgia-again-16295

December 13, 2012 00:00
Sorting out Mt. Rainier's small quakes

Kate Allstadt has been studying small, repeating earthquakes generated by Mt Rainier's glaciers. Her work will help differentiate glacial quakes from the VTs (volcano tectonic) quakes that precede eruptions.

December 08, 2012 00:00
Earthquake early warning in Japan
November
November 26, 2012 00:00
Haida Gwaii Earthquake Studies Follow Powerful Canadian Earthquake

Our colleagues at PGC in British Columbia are reaping a harvest of new observations following the M7.7 Haida Gwaii earthquake last month. http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/11/21/bc-haida-gwaii-earthquake-scientists.html

November 15, 2012 00:00
California stops fault sounding offshore of nuclear reactor
November 12, 2012 00:00
Guatemala's ongoing earthquake sequence
November 08, 2012 00:00
M6.3 quake off Vancouver Island last night
November 06, 2012 00:00
How often do natural disasters coincide?
October
October 31, 2012 00:00
Danger! Earthquake Causes Tidal Wave of Tweets!
October 29, 2012 00:00
First tiny earthquake triggered at Altarock geothermal site
October 28, 2012 00:00
M7.7 earthquake 400 km north of Vancouver Island
October 27, 2012 00:00
Details of why Italian seismologists are innocent
October 22, 2012 00:00
Italian scientists convicted over earthquake warning
October 06, 2012 00:00
Current ETS event discussed
September
September 28, 2012 00:00
First automatic use of networked Earthquake Early Warning in US
September 23, 2012 00:00
Tremor is going full speed under the Puget Sound
September 17, 2012 00:00
Mt. Rainier Monitoring Updated

USGS Cascade Volcano Observatory and PNSN give monitoring stations on Mt. Rainier a seasonal tune-up.

September 08, 2012 00:00
More informative shakemaps
September 07, 2012 00:00
19 years later another earthquake near Scotts Mills, OR
September 06, 2012 00:00
A Lift to Face of Mount Rainier

PNSN and USGS staff exert big push to maintain and upgrade seismic and geodetic stations on Mt. Rainer.

August
August 31, 2012 12:00
Twitter Alerts U.S. Geological Survey to Philippines Quake
August 31, 2012 00:00
Philippine M7.6 this morning
August 27, 2012 00:00
Earth Magazine publishes PNW "seismo citizens" stories.
August 26, 2012 00:00
Earthquake swarm in southernmost California
August 21, 2012 00:00
Big 4 year study of St Helens magma system
August 12, 2012 00:00
Iranian quake toll rises past 300.
August 11, 2012 00:00
Bad earthquake sequence in Iran
August 10, 2012 00:00
Most shaken Japanese nuclear reactor was fine
August 08, 2012 00:00
LA M4.4 - no damage
July
July 25, 2012 00:00
LA shaken by minor M3.7 quake
July 23, 2012 00:00
Japanese perspective on earthquake prediction and forecasting
July 20, 2012 00:00
California water supply endangered by earthquakes
July 19, 2012 00:00
Sound Transit quiets tunnel construction
July 16, 2012 00:00
Strong shaking, land level changes and a Puget Sound Tsunami ~925 AD
July 11, 2012 00:00
Ancient quake and tsunami in Puget Sound shake researchers
July 10, 2012 00:00
Tweeting through natural disasters
July 09, 2012 00:00
Keilis-Borok and earthquake prediction
July 03, 2012 00:00
USGS earthquake early warning effort
July 01, 2012 00:00
M6.6 quake rocks NW China
June
June 28, 2012 00:00
New Zealand building collapse should have been less deadly
June 24, 2012 00:00
Reno, Nevada gets a light shake
June 22, 2012 00:00
Scientists scour Spokane for earthquake faults
June 20, 2012 00:00
Crowd-sourcing seismic networks
June 14, 2012 00:00
1980 events leading to Mount St Helens eruption
June 13, 2012 00:00
Slide in Afghan quake buries 70 people
June 12, 2012 00:00
Close-up study of Mount St. Helens in the works
June 10, 2012 00:00
Evergreen drill posits 5 major quakes at once
June 06, 2012 00:00
Seismic techniques locate gunshots
June 03, 2012 00:00
An attempt to alert Pakistan to earthquake problems
May
May 31, 2012 00:00
Oregon tsunami drill in Coos Bay yesterday
May 29, 2012 00:00
Another Italian quake, near one 10 days ago
May 25, 2012 00:00
Facebook and the Bulgarian earthquake
May 24, 2012 00:00
Quake-protecting museum exhibits
May 22, 2012 00:00
Italian quake cuts cheese
May 19, 2012 00:00
Hollywood raises money to continue quake recovery in Haiti
May 15, 2012 00:00
Yet another rattle in New Zealand
May 14, 2012 00:00
Massive and rapid changes in a submarine volcano
May 12, 2012 00:00
Detailed rupture simulation from Caltech
May 10, 2012 20:00
Quake-resilient balloon cell phone towers
May 10, 2012 00:00
Details on hydrothermal micro-quaking under Newberry Volcano
May 09, 2012 00:00
Christchurch still trying to lure back Australian tourists after quake
May 08, 2012 00:00
2010 Chile M9 quake helps nature recover from man
May 06, 2012 00:00
SuperMoon again fails to doom Earth!
May 02, 2012 00:00
Seattle earthquake pictures
May 01, 2012 00:00
Another plea for seafloor warnings for big quakes and tsunamis
April
April 28, 2012 00:00
Japan fault gets drilled
April 25, 2012 00:00
GPS nearing readiness in earthquake monitoring
April 24, 2012 00:00
Seattle Sea Wall earthquake fix gets cheaper
April 23, 2012 00:00
Bellingham faults and paleoquakes seen more clearly
April 22, 2012 00:00
Turmoil in Italian seismic monitoring community
April 20, 2012 00:00
Last week's Sumatra quake ratchets up the regional stress
April 19, 2012 00:00
New Seattle liquefaction array now running
April 18, 2012 00:00
Early warning system survives a California test
April 17, 2012 00:00
Hanford earthquake risk up for re-evaluation
April 15, 2012 00:00
Seattle seawall replacement proposals moving forward
April 13, 2012 00:00
Wednesday's M8.6 in Sumatra a 1 in 2000 year earthquake
April 11, 2012 00:40
Two very large earthquakes off Indonesia coast
April 10, 2012 00:00
M3.2 earthquake last night between Walla Walla and Richland
April 08, 2012 00:00
Small swarm Sunday morning 20 km south of Mount Hood
April 07, 2012 00:00
Japan quake "ghost ship" sunk by US Coast Guard
April 03, 2012 00:00
Remarkable increase in mid-continent seismicity
April 01, 2012 00:00
Japan increases danger of quakes and tsunamis
March
March 30, 2012 00:00
National Mall in DC sank 1mm due to Virginia quake
March 29, 2012 00:00
2011 quakes cost Lloyd's of London $800M
March 28, 2012 00:00
$370B in economic losses for global economy from natural disasters in 2011 sets record
March 26, 2012 00:00
Only 1 of 54 nuclear reactors left running in Japan
March 25, 2012 00:00
Deep M4.9 Hawaii quake
March 24, 2012 00:00
M6.1 biggest Australian quake in 15 years
March 23, 2012 00:00
Wisconsin clanking in the night
March 22, 2012 00:00
2011 Virginia earthquake near-miss
March 19, 2012 00:00
Helicorder record of Satsop M3.3 yesterday
March 15, 2012 00:00
Watching for tsunamis from shore
March 15, 2012 00:00
Films about the Japanese earthquakes
March 14, 2012 00:00
PNSN struck dead for three hours by power outage
March 12, 2012 00:00
Are hazard maps junk?
March 11, 2012 00:00
What is our tsunami risk?
March 09, 2012 00:00
Alaskan volcanoes rumbling
March 07, 2012 00:00
Call for better earthquake monitoring
March 05, 2012 01:00
Berkeley blog on early morning M4 in El Cerrito
March 05, 2012 00:00
White House threatens tsunami warning funding cuts
March 04, 2012 00:00
Spray on concrete for earthquake reinforcement
March 03, 2012 00:00
The indirect degradation of public health by the Tohoku earthquake
March 02, 2012 00:00
Cellar airbags to shake-proof houses?
March 01, 2012 00:00
Predictable "earthquakes"
February
February 29, 2012 00:00
Dire plans during Japanese quake crisis revealed
February 28, 2012 00:00
Earthquake helps Yen drop 6% in a month
February 26, 2012 00:00
M6.7 Siberian earthquake - example of Pager info
February 25, 2012 00:00
New compilation of landslides in Oregon
February 23, 2012 00:00
Landslide and avalanche danger
February 22, 2012 00:00
Japan trade deficit balloons
February 21, 2012 00:00
Some reminders about our M9 quake
February 20, 2012 00:00
Cascadian M9 scenario may be worse than thought
February 19, 2012 00:00
Paying costs of Japan quake
February 18, 2012 00:00
Good mountain, Bad Mountain
February 16, 2012 00:00
UW Preparing for Disaster
February 16, 2012 00:00
M6 off Oregon interpreted
February 14, 2012 00:00
Seismograms from yesterday's California M5.6 earthquake
February 13, 2012 12:00
M5.6 near Eureka
February 13, 2012 00:00
Washington-British Columbia earthquake exercise
February 11, 2012 00:00
Pinpoint images of ground displacement now possible
February 10, 2012 00:00
41th anniversary of nearly-disastrous quake in LA
February 09, 2012 00:00
Collapsed building in Christchurch, NZ, woefully inadequate
February 08, 2012 00:00
Philippine earthquake Monday
February 07, 2012 00:00
NRC and the Japan tsunami reactor crisis
February 06, 2012 00:00
Difficulties quake-proofing Japan
February 05, 2012 00:00
M5.7 quake off Vancouver Island
February 04, 2012 07:00
PNSN Facebook Group in action
February 04, 2012 00:00
Willapa Bay tsunami gates get unlocked
February 03, 2012 00:00
Parts of Christchurch will not be rebuilt
February 02, 2012 00:00
Alaska's Cleveland Volcano threatening to erupt
February 01, 2012 00:00
First line of tsunami defense - mangroves
January
January 31, 2012 00:00
M6.2 hurts 100 people in Peru
January 30, 2012 00:00
Etymology Man
January 29, 2012 00:00
New Zealand recovery slow
January 28, 2012 00:00
BART is "earthquake-proofed"
January 27, 2012 00:00
Haiti enters dangerous era for quakes?
January 26, 2012 00:00
Japanese move inland and out of condos
January 25, 2012 00:00
New Delhi, India far from quake proof
January 23, 2012 00:00
Odds raised for big quake near Tokyo
January 22, 2012 00:00
Haiti quake aftermath fosters church
January 19, 2012 00:00
Nonsense news - Earth Earth's core slipping away!
January 18, 2012 00:00
Pros and cons of Ohio wastewater injection
January 17, 2012 00:00
Chilean volcano closes Argentine airport again
January 16, 2012 00:00
Flat earthquake faults in the Himalayas
January 15, 2012 00:00
Geothermal energy experiment at Newberry Volcano
January 14, 2012 00:00
Ocean sediments offer clues to Haitian quake history
January 13, 2012 00:00
Fighter plane sonic booms masquerade as earthquakes
January 12, 2012 00:00
Tsunami debris field from Japan
January 11, 2012 00:00
M7.3 near Sumatra
January 10, 2012 00:00
Fracking: Forgetting science for politics
January 09, 2012 00:00
Not all eastern quakes are caused by fracking
January 08, 2012 00:00
Awakening super-volcano under Germany?
January 07, 2012 00:00
2011 record year for disasters
January 05, 2012 00:00
Tunneling earthquakes move up to Volunteer Park
January 03, 2012 00:00
Ohio quakes linked to wastewater well

Recent unusual earthquakes in Ohio suspected of being human induced.

January 03, 2012 00:00
Seattle teacher workshop on earthquakes
January 02, 2012 00:00
More last week for quake-weary Christchurch
December
December 31, 2011 00:00
Megaquake Heightened the Risk to Tokyo

Stress redistribution after the March earthquake threatens Tokyo.

December 30, 2011 00:00
M4.2 near Aswan Dam
December 29, 2011 00:00
Siberian M6.6 earthquake
December 28, 2011 00:00
California reactors get seismic safety surveys
December 25, 2011 00:00
Ohio struck by mild series of waste-injection quakes
December 23, 2011 00:00
Washington Monument damage in August M5.8 worse than thought
December 22, 2011 00:00
Another couple of bad quakes in New Zealand
December 21, 2011 00:00
Jackson Hole worst-case earthquake scenario
December 20, 2011 00:00
Best guess for PNW risk of big coastal earthquake
December 20, 2011 00:00
More details on Sound Transit tunneling noise
December 19, 2011 00:00
For financial nerds, earthquake reinsurance catastrophe bonds
December 18, 2011 00:00
Seismic tracking of singing whales
December 17, 2011 00:00
1811 New Madrid Earthquakes
December 16, 2011 00:00
Foo Fighters shake New Zealand
December 14, 2011 00:00
How often does fracking cause quakes?
December 12, 2011 00:00
New Event Search Feature

The PNSN earthquake search catalog is now live.

December 12, 2011 00:00
M6.5 Earthquake in Mexico
December 10, 2011 00:00
Does big rainy season cause big earthquakes?
December 06, 2011 00:00
'Tis the season to skeptical
December 05, 2011 00:00
Los Alamos nuclear lab sits atop dangerous faults
December 04, 2011 00:00
Even England has an earthquake every now and then
December 03, 2011 00:00
Tough issues in rebuilding Christchurch
December 02, 2011 00:00
Nov. 22nd Oklahoma M5.6 is not a disaster
December 01, 2011 00:00
Frogs predict earthquakes!
November
November 30, 2011 00:00
Moore grant for earthquake early warning
November 12, 2011 00:00
The Oklahoma series of earthquakes
August
August 25, 2011 00:00
Totally Psyched for the Full-rip Nine
May
May 14, 2011 00:00
Pasadena Earthquake Early Warning System
May 12, 2011 00:00
M5.1 kills 9 in Spain
May 10, 2011 00:00
Disaster warning to be standard on cell phones
May 10, 2011 00:00
FCC recommends earthquake early warning

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