SCEC Highlights and News
Archive of SCEC highlights and news articles that may be of interest to the SCEC community.
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02/23/2023
Quakes Are Inevitable. Huge Death Tolls Are Not
Better building standards mean earthquakes need not turn into the devastation seen in Turkey and Syria. The US should pa...
Better building standards mean earthquakes need not turn into the devastation seen in Turkey and Syria. The US should pa...
Bloomberg News
02/17/2023
Survivors are still being found in Turkey’s earthquake rubble. How long can that go on?
In the earthquake-ravaged towns and cities of Turkey, the scenes are as inspiring as they are increasingly rare: survivo...
In the earthquake-ravaged towns and cities of Turkey, the scenes are as inspiring as they are increasingly rare: survivo...
Los Angeles Times
02/17/2023
Survivors of Deadly Earthquakes Must Deal with Lasting Trauma
A psychiatrist who has studied the effects of previous devastating quakes explains how the Turkey-Syria earthquake could...
A psychiatrist who has studied the effects of previous devastating quakes explains how the Turkey-Syria earthquake could...
Scientific American
02/17/2023
Why can’t we predict earthquakes?
We discuss the challenging task of forecasting the occurrence and magnitude of earthquakes. ...
We discuss the challenging task of forecasting the occurrence and magnitude of earthquakes. ...
Nature
02/13/2023
Opinion: 3 charts show how better buildings save lives in earthquakes
Though it might take weeks or months to confirm the death toll across Turkey and Syria, the latest number has topped 36,...
Though it might take weeks or months to confirm the death toll across Turkey and Syria, the latest number has topped 36,...
The Washington Post
02/10/2023
Turkey earthquake opened 190-mile-long fissure, satellite images show
Turkey is prone to earthquakes, but the tremors of Feb. 6 stand out as the nation's worst in decades. ...
Turkey is prone to earthquakes, but the tremors of Feb. 6 stand out as the nation's worst in decades. ...
Space
02/10/2023
Turkey earthquake fault lines mapped from space
The data behind the map was acquired in the early hours of Friday by the European Union's Sentinel-1A satellite as it tr...
The data behind the map was acquired in the early hours of Friday by the European Union's Sentinel-1A satellite as it tr...
BBC
02/10/2023
How Fiber Optic Cables Could Warn You of an Earthquake
By firing lasers through underground fibers, scientists can detect seismic waves and perhaps improve alerts—giving peo...
By firing lasers through underground fibers, scientists can detect seismic waves and perhaps improve alerts—giving peo...
Wired
02/10/2023
Turkey earthquake opened 190-mile-long fissure, satellite images show
Turkey is prone to earthquakes, but the tremors of Feb. 6 stand out as the nation's worst in decades. ...
Turkey is prone to earthquakes, but the tremors of Feb. 6 stand out as the nation's worst in decades. ...
Space
02/09/2023
Turkey’s earthquake could happen in California, geologist says
A devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck areas of Turkey and Syria earlier this week is a “poster child” f...
A devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck areas of Turkey and Syria earlier this week is a “poster child” f...
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