http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu In December of 2009, nearly a dozen earthquakes of magnitude 5 or greater rattled the southeast African nation of Malawi, killing four, injuring hundreds, and making thousands homeless. The region had been calm for decades, so the earthquakes caught everyone by surprise. But aftershocks continue, and more quakes can be expected. Seismologists from Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory traveled to Malawi to help assess the risk. Read about their journey here. Sat, 18 May 2013 04:43:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/05/20/return-to-malawi-bringing-home-instruments-and-earthquake-data/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/05/20/return-to-malawi-bringing-home-instruments-and-earthquake-data/#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 20:36:22 +0000 Donna Shillington http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=2870 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/05/20/return-to-malawi-bringing-home-instruments-and-earthquake-data/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/03/07/reaching-out-educating-specialists-and-the-public-on-earthquake-monitoring/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/03/07/reaching-out-educating-specialists-and-the-public-on-earthquake-monitoring/#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:02:58 +0000 Donna Shillington http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=1998 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/03/07/reaching-out-educating-specialists-and-the-public-on-earthquake-monitoring/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/02/25/risks-and-rewards-funding-a-technical-earthquake-response/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/02/25/risks-and-rewards-funding-a-technical-earthquake-response/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:30:11 +0000 Jim Gaherty http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=1879 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/02/25/risks-and-rewards-funding-a-technical-earthquake-response/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/02/10/high-dry-and-safe-in-search-of-the-perfect-site/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/02/10/high-dry-and-safe-in-search-of-the-perfect-site/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:36:27 +0000 Donna Shillington http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=1643 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/02/10/high-dry-and-safe-in-search-of-the-perfect-site/feed/ 2 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/02/09/a-rough-start/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/02/09/a-rough-start/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:48:03 +0000 Jim Gaherty http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=1613 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/02/09/a-rough-start/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/02/05/temporary-seismic-networks-can-help-developing-nations-pinpoint-quakes/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/02/05/temporary-seismic-networks-can-help-developing-nations-pinpoint-quakes/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:34:14 +0000 Donna Shillington http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=1535 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/02/05/temporary-seismic-networks-can-help-developing-nations-pinpoint-quakes/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/02/05/continental-breakup-in-east-africa/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/02/05/continental-breakup-in-east-africa/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:03:31 +0000 Donna Shillington http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=1543 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/02/05/continental-breakup-in-east-africa/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/02/05/malawi-intro/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/02/05/malawi-intro/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:22:31 +0000 Jim Gaherty http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=1536 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/02/05/malawi-intro/feed/ 0