Japan trade deficit balloons
Posted by J. Vidale, 02/22/2012
Seattle PI Rising cost of fuel to replace lost nuclear power costs dearly.
Some reminders about our M9 quake
Posted by J. Vidale, 02/21/2012
KOMO 4 TV Lots of catchy visuals and some new facts.
Cascadian M9 scenario may be worse than thought
Posted by J. Vidale, 02/20/2012
Seattle Times Bigger events possible, shaking estimates rise.
Paying costs of Japan quake
Posted by J. Vidale, 02/19/2012
Bellingham Herald Govt employees salaries cut 8% for two years to pay for reconstruction.
Good mountain, Bad Mountain
Posted by J. Vidale, 02/18/2012
Inside Costa Rica Discussion of whether subducting seamounts help or hinder great earthquakes.
(subducting volcanoes, click to zoom.)
UW Preparing for Disaster
Posted by B. Steele, 02/16/2012
UW Emergency Operating Center hopes to raise awareness in case of an earthquakeThe Daily, explores UW's earthquake preparedness. “We’re not on their radar screen, until something happens in Japan, or in Hawaii, or in Chile, and then we can almost set our calendars: Within minutes, our phones, our email and Facebook page will light up,”
M6 off Oregon interpreted
Posted by J. Vidale, 02/16/2012
KMTR Discussion of geologic setting, analogy to San Andreas.
Seismograms from yesterday's California M5.6 earthquake
Posted by J. Vidale, 02/14/2012
USGS These instrumental records clearly show "clipped" vs accurate seismograms.
M5.6 near Eureka
Posted by J. Vidale, 02/13/2012
UC Berkeley Blog This quake was in Cascadia, not the San Andreas system.
Washington-British Columbia earthquake exercise
Posted by J. Vidale, 02/13/2012
Seattle Times First one in May, may even include Alaska.
