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Ring of Fire WARNING: When will earthquake strike California - when will BIG ONE hit?
Express   11 February 2019   USA   California  
<p>CALIFORNIA will eventually be struck by a huge earthquake that could have catastrophic effects. But when will the Big One hit?</p>
Decoding the urban sprawl: the world’s most complex metro maps
Railway - Technology.com   06 February 2019   World  
New York City Subway
<p>In the sprawling metropolises of Tokyo, London and Paris, urban metro networks are vital for keeping things moving, but laying out these complex systems intuitively for passengers is no easy feat. Which metros have the most complicated network and how have ...
New Resource for Using Cone Penetration Testing in Geotechnical Design
CROSSROADS   04 February 2019   World  
<p>A newly produced geotechnical design guide uses cone penetration testing to characterize soils and foundation needs. A supplement to the Minnesota Department of Transportation&rsquo;s geotechnical design manual, this resource will provide improved methods ...
Polar vortex reportedly causes ‘frost quakes’ in Chicago: What is the geological phenomenon?
Fox News   01 February 2019   USA   Chicago  
<p>Freezing temperatures in Chicago — which at one point Thursday were said to be lower than those in Alaska and Antarctica — have reportedly caused a loud, ground-shaking phenomenon to occur: so-called “frost quakes.”<br>Chicago residents reported hearing ...
Big One WARNING: Scientists CAN predict earthquakes by ‘silent slip’ in major breakthrough
Express   23 January 2019   World  
The new research could give people more warning on major earthquakes (Image: GETTY)
<p>The scientists have discovered that a large earthquake usually comes after a shallow mantle creep and seismic swarms, which is a process called &lsquo;silent slip&rsquo;. This process is when the Earth moves, but there is no earthquake and can lead to actual ...
Earthquake faults crisscross LA. Is it safe to tunnel here?
Los Angeles Curbed   16 January 2019   USA   Los Angeles  
The underground portion of the soon-to-open Crenshaw/LAX Line is located in a liquefaction zone, where engineers must contend with damp, sandy soil that can destabilize in an earthquake. By Liz Kuball
<p>In December, tech billionaire Elon Musk and his tunneling startup, The Boring Company, unveiled a mile-long tunnel beneath Hawthorne&mdash;a prototype of an undergroundtransportation system called &ldquo;Loop.&rdquo;<br />Musk has repeatedly suggested that ...
An old bridge goes out with a bang
The Washington Post   15 January 2019   USA   New York  
Mike Segar/Reuters
<p>A big chunk of an old New York bridge went down in history Tuesday as explosives demolished the eastern part of the Tappan Zee Bridge.<br />The bridge has been replaced by the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge, which carries Interstate 87 traffic over the ...
Railway Management System Market to reach USD 64 billion by 2024
Global Railway Review   14 January 2019   World  
<p>According to a new research report by Global Market Insights, Inc, the Railway Management System Market will grow at a CAGR of over 10 per cent between 2018 and 2024.</p>
America's first public earthquake-warning app unveiled in Los Angeles
The Guardian   04 January 2019   USA   California  
Photograph: Richard Vogel/AP
<p>Los Angeles has unveiled the US&rsquo;s first publicly available earthquake early-warning app, a development seismologists hope will move cities across the west coast to invest in wide-scale alert technology.<br /><br />ShakeAlertLA uses mobile app technology ...
Earth is missing a huge part of its crust. Now we may know why.
National Geographic   31 December 2018   World  
<p>A fifth of Earth&rsquo;s geologic history might have vanished because planet-wide glaciers buried the evidence.</p> <p>The Grand Canyon is a gigantic geological library, with rocky layers that tell much of the story of Earth&rsquo;s history. Curiously though, ...