Questions tagged [earthquake]
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Better to stay in the open or in the water during an earthquake?
I tried looking around on google but couldn't really find any good information.
For arguments sake, say I am in a field with a river intersecting it. If an earthquake occurs and I am near the ...
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What is below a tectonic plate?
I know that tectonic plates float on mantle but when two plates move away from each other, is the mantle below them exposed to the surface?
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Does mankind possess the technology to intentionally trigger a Yellowstone eruption? [closed]
The Yellowstone Caldera eruption will probably be an Extinction Level Event when it eventually happens.
Suppose some lunatic wanted to set it off now, with drills, bombs, or whatnot. Say this lunatic ...
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Distinguishing an underground Hydrogen bomb test from a fission bomb explosion
A related question is Hydrogen bomb radiation output, but my question is based on the seismograph data (or any other data) possibly producing a distinctive pattern.
Is it possible to tell the ...
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Is it possible to obtain the richter grade of an earthquake with the data of an accelerometer?
I have an accelerometer on a table that gives me the $x$, $y$, and $z$ axis acceleration in $m/s^2$ when I move the table. Is there a formula or method to pass this data to a earthquake grade in a ...
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Question about the difference between a tsunami caused by a meteorite and one caused by an under water earthquake
Picture the situation where a meteorite falls somewhere on one of our oceans and gives off all its kinetic energy to the water (let's ignore the thermal energies involved like, for example, the heat ...
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Accelerometer offset
First off, if this isn't the proper stack for this, I apologize, but since my question isn't based around code, I think this is the proper place.
I am making a system based around a 3 DOF ...
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Distortion of interference pattern at LIGO
Does the vibration due to the earthquakes distort the interference pattern of LIGO's interferometer?
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The LIGO Gravitational Wave Detection: have deep-mantle earthquakes been ruled out? [duplicate]
Everywhere I've looked so far that talks about the possibility the LIGO detection was an earthquake, involves being ruled out due to the large distance between the two LIGO sites. Two identical ...
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Could LIGO discovery be due to e.g. earthquakes or have a terrestrial source? [duplicate]
I mean, could it have been earthquakes or anything else?
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Why don't p-type seismic waves propagate along straight lines in the lower mantle?
Can you tell me why seismic waves (p-type shock wave) passing through the earth's lower mantle don't propagate along straight lines in particular?
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About EarthQuake?
As you know in Nepal many aftershocks are coming and earthquake is related to physics as earthquake is also a longitudinal waves . I have some series of question as well as my thoughts about it?
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It's All About Earthquake! [closed]
All the following informations i've got are from a book.(i want to check that whether the informations are correct or not,that book isnt a science book though)
There is a limit to which earth can ...
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What happens if the Russians decide to nuke the Kola borehole?
I recently came across research on the Kola Superdeep Borehole in Russia. It's one of the world's deepest at 12 km (7.5 mi) down. If someone decided to hoist a nuclear weapon all the way down and set ...
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How does a longer wavelength penetrate deeper with Rayleigh waves?
I'm struggling slightly to understand this idea. I've slowly been building up an explanation, so at this stage it might be just some confirmation I'm looking for, but also some guidance if I'm off ...
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