I came across an interesting article No, One Quake Did Not Lead to Another, in New York Times Online. The article pointed out that following Hawaii’s 6.7 quake on October 15, two other big quakes occurred, a 6.8 near Papua New Guinea, and a 6.4 off the coast of...
In the wake of the mid-October Hawaii quake, scientists are not sure whether the >6 aftershock was an aftershock, or an independent earthquake. The first quake, which was measured at 6.7 on the Richter scale occurred at 7:07 A.M. at a depth of 24 miles; the second...
The other day I heard a CNN news-reader, during the time when readers don't read, but speak for themselves, say right after a story of the October 15th big Hawaii earthquake: "My, what a strange place for an earthquake to take place!" So much for earth science...
The other day I heard a CNN news-reader, during the time when readers don't read, but speak for themselves, say right after a story of the October 15th big Hawaii earthquake: "My, what a strange place for an earthquake to take place!" So much for earth science...
The title is very tantalizing, isn't it? I grew up just a few miles from New Hampshire, and studied earth science in undergraduate school. I can tell you that in our courses taught by very fine professors of geology, I never heard anyone make that claim. It would take...
It looks like NASA will be proceed with the launch on July 4 of the Space Shuttle Discovery. It will be the first time that a launch of astronauts has taken place on Independence Day. Let's hope that it proceeds as the astronauts hope. Imagine getting on that giant...
