Thursday, January 31, 2019

Toppled train offers insight into ground motion, origin of 1906 earthquake

By mathematically modeling the movements of a locomotive that toppled from the tracks north of San Francisco during the city's infamous 1906 earthquake, researchers have calculated a lower limit on the earthquake ground motion at the spot of the tipped train.

from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily http://bit.ly/2B64cHZ
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