Intermountain West Region

Aerial view of Holocene fault scarp on the Wasatch fault, near American Fork Canyon, Utah The differential motion between the North American, Pacific, and Juan de Fuca plates is causing deformation... 

Earthquakes

Magnitude 7.2 – NEAR THE SOUTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA

Magnitude 7.2 – NEAR THE SOUTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA 2010 September 29 17:11:24 UTC Date-Time: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at 17:11:24 UTC Thursday, September 30, 2010 at 02:11:24... 

• Strong earthquake rocks New Zealand’s South Island
• Magnitude 5.7 – NORTHERN IRAN

Volcanoes

Volcano quiet for 400 years erupts in Indonesia

Mount Sinabung spews volcanic materials into the sky in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. The volcano that had been dormant for more than four centuries erupted for the... 

• ECUADOR – Tungurahua volcano
• Volcanoes

Tsunamis

Tsunami in Indonesia and deaths increase after Sumatra quake

More than 100 people have been killed and many are missing after a tsunami triggered by an earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. Scores of houses were destroyed by waves after the... 

• Tsunami and Earthquake Reporting

Geological Hazards

Intermountain West Region

Aerial view of Holocene fault scarp on the Wasatch fault, near American Fork Canyon, Utah The differential motion between the North American, Pacific, and Juan de Fuca plates is causing... 

• Reducing Hazards in the Central and Eastern U.S.
• Assessing the Seismic Hazards of Afghanistan

Instability

Landslides

Very gradual ground shifts are known to precede major landslides. Often these are on a scale of millimetres – too slight to even be noticed by local observers, but enough to be detected... 

Science

Nobel Prize in Physics 2010 Two-dimensional material graphene

Andre Geim (left) and Konstantin Novoselov have received the 2010 Nobel Prize in physics for their discovery of graphene. Credit Picture: Sergeom/Wikimedia Commons; R. Hart Two-dimensional carbon... 

• Cosmic Dioramas
• New species a little nipper

Technology

NASA Technology Could Aid in Interpretation of Mammograms, Ultrasound, Other Medical Imagery 10.14.10

Woman receiving a mammogram. Credit: National Cancer Institute/Rhoda Baer NASA software used to enhance Earth Science Imagery could one day aid in the interpretation of mammograms, ultrasounds... 

• Mars rover Curiosity to seek answers (images)

Environment

Tiger “clusters” seen as last hope for species: study

Rokan, a male Sumatran tiger, lays in the grass at the U.S. National Zoo in Washington in this July 20, 2006 file photo. Photo: Reuters/Molly Riley/Files ANIMALS) Asia’s tiger population... 

• Why Antarctic Sea Ice Is Growing in a Warmer World
• Watch out for Yellowstone bears — they’re hungry