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Screenshot from video of an aerial view of the ocean drilling vessel Chikyu.

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The Ocean Drilling Vessel Chikyu

The Chikyu allows scientists to gather and study data about seafloor sediments as...

Tue, 12/08/2009 - 21:57

A real-time monitoring system helps to forecast and track tsunamis before they reach shore, giving people a chance to move to higher ground.

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Tracking Tsunamis

Tsunamis, giant waves caused by underwater earthquakes, speed across the ocean at...

Fri, 01/14/2011 - 12:16

It is estimated that the March 11, 2011 earthquake in Japan was 1,000 times more powerful than the quake that struck Haiti in 2010. Watch as Smithsonian geologist Dr. Liz Cottrell explains this and more about the major earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

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Understanding the Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

Using maps and graphics, Smithsonian geologist Dr. Liz Cottrell provides an...

Mon, 03/14/2011 - 17:08

A researcher leans off of a boat to tag a great white shark.

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Collaborator Research

Recent Antarctic expeditions, underwater volcano monitoring, studies of...

Tue, 12/01/2009 - 10:02

a colored shakemap from the M5.8 Virginia Earthquake depicts the shake range and epicenter of the earthquake

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A Guide to Earthquake Lesson Plans

It isn’t everyday that a magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes the East Coast of the...

August 2011

On August 23, 2011 a 5.8 earthquake emanated from the little-known Central Virginia Seismic Zone. The epicenter was near Mineral, VA, but the tremor shook homes, schools, and office buildings in Washington, DC and beyond. In this brief video, Smithsonian e

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Demonstrating an Earthquake's Seismic Waves

On August 23, 2011, a 5.8 earthquake emanated from the little-known Central...

Wed, 08/24/2011 - 19:58

a colored shakemap from the M5.8 Virginia Earthquake depicts the shake range and epicenter of the earthquake

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Map of the Magnitude 5.8 Virginia Earthquake of 2011

On August 23, 2011 a magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck the East Coast of the United...

Geophysicist Jian Lin of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution studied the earthquake site that triggered 2004’s Indian Ocean tsunami. New tools to map seafloor earthquakes—like this robotic Autonomous Benthic Explorer—enhance our understanding of catastrophic events, such as the tsunami.

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Seafloor Earthquakes Study

Geophysicist Jian Lin of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and chief U.S....

Chart of magnitude 5 or greater earthquakes from 1970- April 2011

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Graph of magnitude 5 or greater earthquakes from 1970- April 2011

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) keeps track of earthquake locations and...

Graph of magnitude 5 or greater earthquakes from 1900- April 2011.

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Graph of magnitude 5 or greater earthquakes from 1900- April 2011

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) keeps track of earthquake locations and...

This Japanese research ship drills into the ocean floor to learn about Earth’s history and structure.

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Deep Sea Drilling Vessel Chikyu

This Japanese research ship Chikyu drills into the ocean floor to learn about...