Earth has earthquakes, Venus has venusquakes. Researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute, working with NASA, are helping create a Venusian seismometer that can operate long enough in that planet’s extremes to provide insight into its seismicity. It’s a major challenge. Venus has surface temperatures of 900 degrees Fahrenheit, hot enough to melt […]
A scientist once noticed a connection between the stress that tides inflict on the planet and the number of small earthquakes that happen in some areas when that pressure is greatest. She saw a pattern to these earthquakes leading up to great tsunamis. A graduate student is now looking for a similar signal in Alaska. […]
The small community of Noatak awoke to a series of earthquakes originating in the Brooks Range on Monday morning. The first quake occurred at 3:38 am measuring a magnitude 3.1, it was generated at a depth of 10.6 miles 25 miles east of Noatak. A second quake occurred 22 minutes later at 4 am. This one […]