{"649032":{"#nid":"649032","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"New Study Helps Explain \u2018Silent Earthquakes\u2019 Along New Zealand\u2019s North Island","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe titanic forces at work during marine earthquakes can result in disasters like tsunamis, \u0026nbsp;but they can also cause\u0026nbsp;much smaller, quieter tremors. So, what are the forces that push those tremors to dangerous levels \u0026mdash; and how does an ocean of water affect the severity of those underwater\u0026nbsp;tectonic plate\u0026nbsp;collisions?\u0026nbsp;A new \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-021-03619-8\u0022\u003Estudy\u003C\/a\u003E published\u0026nbsp;in the journal\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ENature\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;offers new perspective and possible answers. One of the authors of the study is \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/naif-dr-samer\u0022\u003ESamer Naif\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2021-07-23 20:05:24","changed_gmt":"2021-07-23 20:40:19","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Lindsey Drummond","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/scienmag.com\/new-study-helps-explain-silent-earthquakes-along-new-zealands-north-island\/","dateline":{"date":"2021-07-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-07-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"EAS"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"188051","name":"Samer Naif"},{"id":"188052","name":"marine earthquakes"},{"id":"188346","name":"tectonic plates"},{"id":"176512","name":"tsunamis"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}