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A small comfort for all those who have missed the AGU2011 fall meeting (and so did I) might be that some sessions are now available on video for free. The AGU session on demand page has lots of videos, among them four sessions on the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. So if you’re ready for ~8 hrs of earthquake talks, you should definitely have a look.
AGU2011 Tohoku earthquake sessionThe
April 2010 M7.2 Baja, Calif. Quake:
On April 4, 2010, a long-locked segment of the boundary between the massive
Pacific and North American tectonic plates ruptured violently just south of
California's border with Mexico. While not "The Big One" that Southern
Californians have long feared, the resulting magnitude 7.2 earthquake--the
region's largest in nearly 120 years--was nonetheless an important earthquake.
Felt throughout northern Baja California and a broad region of the American
Southwest, the quake killed two, injured hundreds and caused substantial damage.
But beyond its obvious physical effects, the quake has proven to be one of the
most complex ever documented along the Pacific/North American tectonic plate
margin, providing scientists a unique opportunity to better understand
earthquake processes along this volatile plate boundary. New techniques of
remote sensing and image analysis developed by NASA and other agencies have
revealed numerous surprises about the quake and have greatly aided field
geologists in mapping and understanding the rupture. In this briefing,
observations of the quake and its aftermath by scientists at NASA, the U.S.
Geological Survey, California Geological Survey and the Center for Scientific
Research and Higher Education at Ensenada, Baja, Calif., will be detailed, along
with results of new data analyses that show how this quake has increased the
potential for additional large earthquakes throughout Southern California.
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