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Puerto Rico sends the Caribbean a sobering seismic anniversary present

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Chris Rowan

Four years ago on Sunday, Haiti, and particularly its capital, Port-au-Prince, was devastated by a shallow magnitude 7.0 earthquake, which killed many tens, and possibly hundreds of thousands of people*, and left more than a million people homeless. Even today, … Continue reading →

Categories: earthquakes, focal mechanisms, geohazards, society

Natural disasters may not always hit hardest where you’d expect

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Chris Rowan

For many natural hazards, the actual risk is not purely a function of frequency and magnitude: politics, regulation and psychology are also a large influence on the potential human impact. Continue reading →

Categories: earthquakes, geohazards, society

Aftershocks, triggered earthquakes, and Christchurch’s seismic future

Posted on February 26, 2011 by Chris Rowan

As more scientific information becomes available regarding last week’s magnitude 6.3 earthquake in Christchurch, we can look a bit more closely at the nature of this earthquake, how it fits into the overall tectonic picture in New Zealand, and future … Continue reading →

Categories: earthquakes, geohazards, society, tectonics