Sometimes columns take on a life of their own. After last month's tragic events in Japan, my thoughts turned to infections that can follow earthquakes and tsunamis. I recalled recent lessons from Indonesia and Haiti - and my own experience of crush injuries, water- borne infection, even botulism after Armenia's great quake of 1988. Then I met Dr. Kozue Shimabukuro - a UCLA pediatrician/critical care fellow - who recently spent three weeks in earthquake-ravaged northern Japan. At that point, the coolly informative piece I planned to write flew out the window.
When Mother Nature shrugs, the shockwaves are felt across the globe. The disaster in Haiti was one of the deadliest tragedies in history while the more powerful, yet less deadly, quake that rocked Chile reportedly shifted the Earth's axis to the point that the day actually became shorter. Both of these catastrophes have provided people with all-too-recent reminders of the vulnerability that exists at every fault line throughout the globe and highlighted the importance that proper construction, building codes, urban planning and disaster preparedness can have in terms of saving lives. This article presented some of throughout history. This include: 1. 856, Damghan, Iran, 200,000 deaths, 2. 1138, Aleppo, Syria, 280,000 deaths, 3. 1556, Shansi, China, 830,000 deat...
WHEELING - A West Virginia University professor has joined Chesapeake Energy officials in disputing a notion that natural gas drilling activity contributes to earthquakes, despite officials in Arkansas making such a connection. The number and magnitude of earthquakes in central Arkansas have declined noticeably since Chesapeake and another company shut down two of its underground injection wells in the area last month, Arkansas officials said.
Jeff Bonadiman is a human Shakeout. He helps people plan for and protect themselves against earthquakes.
Don Ryan/The Associated Press Timbers defenders, from left, David Horst, Steve Purdy and Freddie Braun watch as Timbers goalkeeper Troy Perkins, right, dives in to stop a shot by San Jose Earthquakes defender Ike Opara (6).
FRAMETOWN - What's shaking in Braxton County these days? For the past five months, pretty much everything - especially the area surrounding the communities of Frametown and Gassaway. Since April 4, eight small earthquakes have been recorded in Braxton County, and another two in nearby Lewis and Upshur counties. The seismic events ranged in magnitude from 2.2 to 3.4 - not strong enough to cause significant damage, but powerful enough to rattle shelves, awaken sleepers and stimulate speculation as to their origin.
MADRID - Two earthquakes struck southeast Spain in quick succession Wednesday, killing at least 10 people, injuring dozens and causing major damage to buildings, officials said. It was the highest quake-related death toll in Spain in more than 50 years. The epicenter of the quakes - with magnitudes of 4.4 and 5.2 - was close to the town of Lorca, and the second came about two hours after the first, an official with the Murcia regional government said on condition of anonymity in line with department policy.
Injecting drilling wastewater and other brine deep underground probably caused several earthquakes near Youngstown in 2011, according to a scientist who is helping Ohio study the tremors. Eastern Ohio had 11 earthquakes since March, and their pattern and power isn't normal for the region or natural quakes, said John Armbruster, a seismologist at Columbia University. Natural quakes usually have one main shock and several aftershocks. These have been getting larger, spread out over several months, in an area where that type of regular seismic activity isn't common, Armbruster said.
The disposal of wastewater used in the booming practice known as "fracking" is responsible for a rash of recent earthquakes in Ohio, and critics have latched on to the seismic events as evidence that the popular natural gas extraction method is dangerous and should be banned. Ohio has experienced at least 11 tremors since March, including a 4.0 temblor that shook Youngstown on New Year's Eve. State officials say the earthquakes were triggered by deep injection wells, where the water, sand and chemical cocktails used to frack wells are deposited.
SEARSPORT As many as 30 tiny earthquakes have been detected over the last few days in the area between Belfast and Bucksport, but geologists say theres no cause for alarm. Microquakes is what we call them, Henry Berry, a bedrock geologist with Maine Geological Survey, said in a phone interview Tuesday afternoon. Unless you were right there, you wouldnt notice them.
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