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May 21, 2008 rockman Geologic Hazards Comments Off on Sichuan Earthquake Update

 

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Italian Court Action Likely to Harm Efforts to Mitigate Earthquake Losses

October 27, 2012 rockman Press Releases Comments Off on Italian Court Action Likely to Harm Efforts to Mitigate Earthquake Losses

On 22 October, 2012, an Italian court convicted six internationally respected scientists of manslaughter. The scientists Enzo Boschi, Giulio Selvaggi, Franco Barberi, Claudio Eva, Mauro Dolce, and Gian Michele Calvi have been sentenced to prison terms, barred from public office, and ordered to pay court costs and damages.

Their offense could have been avoided by precisely predicting the timing and nature of the tragic 2009 earthquake in L’Aquila. However, such precise, short-term earthquake prediction of the type evidently sought by L’Aquila is currently impossible. Because of the ungainly complexity of earthquake systems, knowledge of physical details is incomplete; the diverse expressions of earthquake processes deliver contradictory messages; and measurements of earthquake phenomena can be inaccurate. Glaringly, the indictment accused the scientists of having provided “incomplete”, “contradictory”, and “inaccurate” information.

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Landslide Mitigation Examples in Japan

May 6, 2009 rockman Geologic Hazards Comments Off on Landslide Mitigation Examples in Japan

A couple of weeks ago the Landslides Under a Microscope blog had two nice posts about Landslide Mitigation examples in Japan. The author references the book “Landslides in Japan” (1996), but I’m not sure if […]

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San Clemente landslide threatens houses, displaces residents

January 13, 2011 rockman Geologic Hazards Comments Off on San Clemente landslide threatens houses, displaces residents

A total of 4 homes were red-tagged in San Clemente, California as the cliff behind their properties gave way onto a golf course below. One neighbor saw her tree disappear as the cliff face has […]

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