https://wordlesstech.com The future today in our amazing world Fri, 07 Feb 2025 09:14:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 223030326 https://wordlesstech.com/santorini-is-still-rocked-by-earthquake-swarm/ https://wordlesstech.com/santorini-is-still-rocked-by-earthquake-swarm/#respond Fri, 07 Feb 2025 09:14:29 +0000 https://wordlesstech.com/?p=206095 Greece’s government has declared a state of emergency on Santorini as the island experiences frequent earthquakes, sometimes...]]> https://wordlesstech.com/santorini-is-still-rocked-by-earthquake-swarm/feed/ 0 206095 https://wordlesstech.com/widespread-structures-near-earths-core/ https://wordlesstech.com/widespread-structures-near-earths-core/#respond Tue, 16 Jun 2020 08:55:23 +0000 http://wordlesstech.com/?p=167068 Researchers conduct first simultaneous analysis of hundreds of earthquakes to identify echoes from features deep inside Earth. University of Maryland geophysicists analyzed thousands of recordings of seismic waves, sound waves traveling through the Earth, to identify echoes from the boundary between Earth’s molten core and the solid mantle layer above it. The echoes revealed more]]> https://wordlesstech.com/widespread-structures-near-earths-core/feed/ 0 167068 https://wordlesstech.com/myshake-earthquake-early-warning-app/ https://wordlesstech.com/myshake-earthquake-early-warning-app/#respond Fri, 18 Oct 2019 08:58:10 +0000 http://wordlesstech.com/?p=163075 California rolls out first state-wide earthquake early warning system on UC Berkeley’s “MyShake” smartphone app. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the debut of a statewide earthquake early warning system that will deliver alerts to people’s cellphones through an app developed at the University of California, Berkeley. The app, called MyShake, can provide seconds of warning before]]> https://wordlesstech.com/myshake-earthquake-early-warning-app/feed/ 0 163075 https://wordlesstech.com/1960-chile-tsunami-from-the-largest-earthquake-ever-recorded/ https://wordlesstech.com/1960-chile-tsunami-from-the-largest-earthquake-ever-recorded/#respond Thu, 24 May 2018 04:10:36 +0000 https://wordlesstech.com/?p=151116 On this day in 1960, the largest earthquake ever recorded by instruments struck southern Chile with a magnitude we now know to be at least 9.5. This earthquake generated a tsunami that traveled through every ocean on earth, though large, dangerous waves only impacted the coastlines around the Pacific Ocean. This visualization from the US]]> https://wordlesstech.com/1960-chile-tsunami-from-the-largest-earthquake-ever-recorded/feed/ 0 151116 https://wordlesstech.com/mexico-earthquake-lights-up-the-sky-videos/ https://wordlesstech.com/mexico-earthquake-lights-up-the-sky-videos/#respond Mon, 11 Sep 2017 08:43:54 +0000 https://wordlesstech.com/?p=144385 The massive 8.2 earthquake that rocked Mexico earlier this week, also produced the fascinating side effect of mysterious lights in the sky. The earthquake in Mexico, the second natural disaster to happen this week after Hurricane Irma, brought with it mysterious green and blue flashes. The magnitude of 8.2 degrees on the Richter scale, shook]]> https://wordlesstech.com/mexico-earthquake-lights-up-the-sky-videos/feed/ 0 144385 https://wordlesstech.com/earthquakes-on-earth-2001-2015/ https://wordlesstech.com/earthquakes-on-earth-2001-2015/#respond Tue, 11 Jul 2017 12:07:19 +0000 https://wordlesstech.com/?p=140849 This animation shows every recorded earthquake in sequence as they occurred from January 1, 2001, through December 31, 2015, at a rate of 30 days per second. The earthquake hypocenters first appear as flashes then stay as colored circles before shrinking with time so as not to obscure subsequent earthquakes. The size of the circle]]> https://wordlesstech.com/earthquakes-on-earth-2001-2015/feed/ 0 140849 https://wordlesstech.com/earth-motion-from-the-illapel-earthquake-was-more-than-a-meter/ https://wordlesstech.com/earth-motion-from-the-illapel-earthquake-was-more-than-a-meter/#respond Mon, 05 Oct 2015 07:13:15 +0000 http://wordlesstech.com/?p=119010 Chile sitting along the southeast edge of the Pacific “Ring of Fire,”  is used to earthquakes and tsunamis. The strongest quake on record was recorded in 1960, and at least three “great” quakes have hit the country since 2000. The most recent, the  Illapel earthquake, occurred on September 16, 2015, when a magnitude 8.3 quake]]> https://wordlesstech.com/earth-motion-from-the-illapel-earthquake-was-more-than-a-meter/feed/ 0 119010 https://wordlesstech.com/what-if-everyone-jumped-at-once/ https://wordlesstech.com/what-if-everyone-jumped-at-once/#respond Sat, 05 Sep 2015 14:30:18 +0000 http://wordlesstech.com/?p=117801 What if every person on Earth jumped at the same time? Would this cause a global massive earthquake, or nothing? Take a look at the video to find the answer, that has to do with the speed of rotation of our planet… [Youtube]]]> https://wordlesstech.com/what-if-everyone-jumped-at-once/feed/ 0 117801 https://wordlesstech.com/large-scale-ground-displacement-on-the-himalayas-after-the-nepal-earthquake/ https://wordlesstech.com/large-scale-ground-displacement-on-the-himalayas-after-the-nepal-earthquake/#respond Thu, 14 May 2015 11:33:55 +0000 http://wordlesstech.com/?p=112090 EOC radar analysis reveals large-scale ground displacement on the Himalayas, caused by the Nepal earthquake. Image credit DLR German Aerospace Center The above image generated using data acquired by Sentinel-1A, shows how and where the land uplifted and sank from the 7.8-magnitute earthquake that struck Nepal on 25 April 2015. Near the boundary of the]]> https://wordlesstech.com/large-scale-ground-displacement-on-the-himalayas-after-the-nepal-earthquake/feed/ 0 112090 https://wordlesstech.com/two-easy-ways-to-join-nepals-earthquake-relief-effort/ https://wordlesstech.com/two-easy-ways-to-join-nepals-earthquake-relief-effort/#respond Mon, 27 Apr 2015 09:26:30 +0000 http://wordlesstech.com/?p=111391 There are important easy ways you can contribute to the Nepal earthquake relief effort from your computer. According to Gizmodo these are the two ways: Mapping Relief Routes Consider aiding the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) in their effort to trace disaster relief routes. Supporting Disaster Through PayPal PayPal allows you to give any amount, to]]> https://wordlesstech.com/two-easy-ways-to-join-nepals-earthquake-relief-effort/feed/ 0 111391