How the Great Pyramid of Giza has survived 4,500 years of Egyptian earthquakes

The Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt has survived more than 4,500 years. Earthquakes have repeatedly shaken the region, including the magnitude 5.8 Cairo earthquake in 1992, which dislodged some of the ...
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On catching the preparatory phase of damaging earthquakes: an example from central Italy

How, when and where large earthquakes are generated remain fundamental unsolved scientific questions. Intercepting when a fault system starts deviating from its steady behavior by monitoring the ...
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Active Tectonics: Impact on Society

Classical seismological techniques such as earthquake hypocentral locations and focal-mechanism studies continue to play an important role in the understanding of active-tectonic processes, but newer ...
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Lori Dengler | Recent studies highlight North Coast earthquake threats

I often get asked how I come up with topics to write about each week. It’s easy. Between Mother Nature and the many brilliant, hardworking, and imaginative scientists in my field, the problem is ...