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Oklahoma Governor Approves $1.4M in State Funds for Quake Research

Gov. Mary Fallin approved the use of nearly $1.4 million in state emergency funds Thursday for state agencies working to reduce the increasing number of earthquakes that have been linked to the disposal of oil and gas wastewater in Oklahoma. …

Washington Schools Get Tested on Seismic Safety With Students’ Help

On the count of three, a scrum of Washington sixth graders flung themselves in the air, landing with a thud that vibrated the ground under their feet. Nearby, their classmates huddled around a computer, watching jagged tracings scroll across the …

San Andreas Fault Study Leads to Better Understanding of Earthquakes

As everyone who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area knows, the Earth moves under our feet. But what about the stresses that cause earthquakes? How much is known about them? Until now, our understanding of these stresses has been …

Tennessee Veterans Medical Center Participating in Seismic Monitoring

The Memphis VA Medical Center, in Tennessee, is participating in a seismic monitoring system that will help engineers to learn what happens to buildings during earthquakes so that they can build safer hospitals in the future. The Memphis VA was …