Category Archives: seismic activities

Slippery Secret Of Weaker Underwater Earthquakes Revealed:Hope For Prediction

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Rashid Faridi

Seismologists  have found that molten rock lubricates faults. This decreases the amount of friction between sides of the fault and decreases the intensity of earthquakes. As we all remember,in December 2004, an underwater earthquake triggered a string of tsunamis along … Continue reading →

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Inaccuracy of GPS : A tool to predict quake

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

GPS users often complain about some inaccuracy in the device. A researcher at the Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat, India, turned that inaccuracy into a tool to predict earthquakes. The researcher, Sheetal Karia, supported her findings by … Continue reading →

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‘No evidence’ of links between Pacific earthquakes

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

Scientists have quelled fears that a series of highly destructive large-scale earthquakes in the past few years, in countries bordering the Pacific Ocean, signal an increased global risk of these deadly events. A new study suggests that the pattern of … Continue reading →

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Seismic Waves and Earth’s Interior

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Rashid Faridi

The are many different seismic waves, but all of basically of four types: Compressional or P (for primary) Transverse or S (for secondary) Love Rayleigh An earthquake radiates P and S waves in all directions and the interaction of the … Continue reading →

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