News About Tectonic Forces 09-NOV-09 en-us Rochester NY (SPX) Nov 04, 2009 - In 2005, a gigantic, 35-mile-long rift broke open the desert ground in Ethiopia. At the time, some geologists believed the rift was the beginning of a new ocean as two parts of the African continent pulled apart, but the claim was controversial.]]> Singapore (AFP) Oct 15, 2009 - A colossal earthquake may hit Indonesia's Sumatra island within 30 years, triggering a tsunami and making last month's deadly temblor look tiny by comparison, a geologist has warned.]]> Sydney (AFP) Oct 11, 2009 - A sudden cluster of massive earthquakes which has shaken Asia-Pacific communities and likely left thousands dead has also jolted some scientists, who are starting to question conventional thought.]]> Jakarta (AFP) Oct 1, 2009 - Scientists have warned for years that the Indonesian city of Padang is a disaster waiting to happen because of strain on a nearby fault-line. After this week's quake they say worse is still to come.]]> Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 1, 2009 - Asia trembled this week as earthquakes hit in Indonesia and the South Pacific along the "Ring of Fire," a stretch of seismic fury responsible for most of the world's tremors and volcanoes.]]> Paris (AFP) Sept 30, 2009 - Huge earthquakes can weaken seismic faults on the other side of the world, scientists in California said on Wednesday.]]> Washington DC (SPX) Aug 21, 2009 - New research about what triggers earthquakes, authored by Michael Strasser of Bremen University, Germany, with colleagues from the USA, Japan, China, France, and Germany, will appear in the Aug. 16 2009 issue of Nature Geoscience (online version).]]> Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Aug 13, 2009 - New Zealand is the site of one of the world's youngest subduction zones, where the Pacific Plate of Earth's crust dives beneath the Australian Plate. Now, a University of Utah study shows how water deep underground helps the subduction zone mature and paves the way for it to generate powerful earthquakes.]]> Tokyo (AFP) Aug 11, 2009 - Powerful earthquakes just over 10 minutes apart rattled Japan and India on Tuesday, triggering panic on fears of a tsunami in the Andaman Islands and injuring more than 100 people southwest of Tokyo.]]> Washington DC (SPX) Jul 29, 2009 - A new analysis of jade found along the Motagua fault that bisects Guatemala is underscoring the fact that this region has a more complex geologic history than previously thought.]]>