When a train goes by you see it, you hear it, you also feel it shake the ground. It doesn’t end there. The sheer weight of millions of pounds travels deep down into the ground. UW experts are studying the process. Read more here.
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Were Wednesday’s earthquakes that struck off the coasts of Oregon, California and Michoacan, Mexico, related to the 8.6 earthquake that hit off the coast of Sumatra on the same day? It’s possible. ESS‘ John Vidale is quoted; read more here. Senators Maria Cantwell (WA) and Mark Begich (AK) spoke last week at the Seattle Aquarium about the importance of being prepared to deal with tsunami debris that may land on the west coast. Oceanography Professor Parker MacCready attended the event, and his lab’s oceanographic models are helping inform what may become of some of the debris. Read more here. The Premier of British Columbia and the governors of Oregon, Washington and California have announced that they will collaborate to manage potential marine debris from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan that may wash up along the West Coast. Read the full press release and background information here. Seattle can learn from Japan’s quake and our own geologic history. Around the year 900, the Salish tribes that lived in Seattle were devastated by an earthquake. UW experts are quoted. U.S. researchers have built an earthquake warning system that could provide advance alerts for quake-prone California — the only problem is that they can’t afford to get it ready for prime time. Researchers at the UW are involved. Read more here. Sunday marks the one-year anniversary of the great Tohoku earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan, killing more than 16,000 people and causing billions of dollars in damage. University of Washington scientists say the event has some important lessons for the Pacific Northwest – most notably, not that a similar event can happen here but that it WILL happen here, and that this region is still much less prepared than Japan was a year ago. Read more here. |
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