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SMU Scientists seek cause of Irving earthquakes

Dallas Morning News By ANNA KUCHMENT, RANDY LEE LOFTIS, JAMES OSBORNE and AVI SELK Staff Writers Published: 10 January 2015 11:23 PM Updated: 11 January 2015 07:25 PM The earth under North Texas barely stirred for at least a century, until something down there snapped in 2008. Swarms of small quakes rippled up from unknown […]

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22 new seismographs to be deployed in Irving

WFAA Originally Posted: 10:04 p.m. CST January 7, 2015 By: David Schechter, Demond Fernandez and Josh Davis IRVING – SMU’s seismology team deployed 15 new seismographs in Irving Wednesday after 12 earthquakes shook the town and surrounding areas in the last day. They are part of 22 total seismographs that will be deployed in Irving this week. […]

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10 Earthquakes Have Rattled North Texas Since Tuesday Morning. SMU Seismologists Study Irving Earthquakes.

KERA NEWS Update, 9:56 a.m. Wednesday: A 10th earthquake has shaken North Texas since Tuesday morning. The U.S. Geological Survey says the 10th quake struck at 8:34 a.m. Wednesday in Irving, near the old Texas Stadium site. That’s where most of the other quakes have been recorded in the past 24 hours. The first quake […]

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As 10th quake in 2 days rumbles through, Dallas, Irving prepping emergency plan

Dallas Morning News Scoop Blog By: Robert Wilonsky Update at 9:08 a.m. January 7: We’re now into the double digits. The U.S. Geological Survey says there was a 10th quake since Tuesday morning, and it occurred at 8:34 this morning — a 2.6-magnitude temblor. And, as always, it was at the 183-114 split otherwise known as […]

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SMU seismologist: Researchers are hoping to locate Irving quakes, not find what’s causing them

Dallas Morning News Scoop Blog Originally posted: Jan. 6 2015 By: Robert Wilonsky We received a handful of reports this morning from Northwest Dallas and Irving residents insisting they felt — and heard — another quake this morning. So far, though, the U.S. Geological Survey says it hasn’t found one. But sometimes, seismologists say, the […]

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SMU Seismologists Discuss North Texas Earthquake

NBC 5 Jan. 6, 2015. Updated 7:45pm CST Two Earthquakes Widely-Felt Across DFW Tuesday Large tremors classified as MMI V with the power to break windows By Frank Heinz A magnitude-3.6 earthquake rumbled across North Texas just before 7 p.m. Tuesday, hours after a magnitude-3.5 earthquake was centered in nearly the same location in Irving, […]

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Brian Stump, Earth Sciences, along with SMU team installs third seismometer in Irving, Texas

Statement from SMU Seismologist Brian Stump January 6, 2015 SMU’s seismology team is committed to helping North Texans understand more about the increasing number of earthquakes felt in our region over the last few years, most recently near the City of Irving. A 2.4-magnitude earthquake recorded at 8:29 p.m. Jan. 1, 2015, and estimated to […]

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SMU Team Studies Recent Irving Earthquakes

Originally posted: Jan. 5, 2014 IRVING (CBSDFW.COM) – Scientists from Southern Methodist University will be in Irving on Monday on a mission to pinpoint the source of more than a dozen recent earthquakes. They will be installing new equipment near the former Texas Stadium site, hoping to determine why the city has been shaking so […]

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Fossil supervolcano in Italian Alps may answer deep mysteries around active supervolcanoes

Originally Posted: December 9, 2014 Scientists will study unique exposure of “plumbing,” which can reveal critical understanding of how today’s volcanoes erupt There’s nothing subtle about the story told by the rocks in northern Italy’s Sesia Valley. Evidence of ancient volcanic activity is all around, says geologist and volcanologist James Quick, Southern Methodist University, Dallas. […]

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Brian Stump, Earth Sciences, Measures fans’ reactions in noise conditions

ScienceLive Originally Posted: December 23, 2014 By Becky Oskin Senior Writer NASCAR has loud fans and even louder engines, but can it beat the “Beast Quake?” Football, NASCAR and their rowdy, roaring crowds faced off in a head-to-head battle this year to see which sport hits highest on the seismic charts, scientists reported Dec. 18 […]