Rufus Catchings

"... explosions off along the New Madrid Fault will allow better predictions not of when earthquakes will occur, but of what damage they'll do. “Every step in science is small," Rufus Catchings, a thc Geological survey's Crustal Seismology unit in Menlo Park, Calif, said Sunday. ■ptc study taught scientists how seismic energy propagates, or spreads out. Catchings said at a news conference. Hc said that such studies will eventually lead to a method to predict earthquakes along thc fault, but that's not possible yet. As a scientist. ..."

"... and Missouri, Seismic waves from Ihe blasts suggested quakes centered near New Madrid could produce serious 150 miles away in St. Louis and 100 miles away in Memphis, said Rufus Catchings, a USGS geophysicist in Menlo Park, Calif. During California's magnitude- 7.1 earthquake in 1989, much of the damage and most deaths happened in Oakland und San Francisco, some 50 miles ..."

"... and Missouri. Seismic waves from thc blasts suggested strong quakes centered near New produce serious damage 150 miles away in Sl. Louis and 100 miles away in Memphis, said Rufus Catchings, a USGS geophysicist in Menlo Park, Calif. Lights Dim For Leona LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) Just about thc time it was "lights out" for Leona Helmsley behind bars, it was lights ..."

"... as thc might hope. There is no dependable warning system, and even after a quake, smart minds can differ on what actually occurred. Steve Walter, a seismologist here, and Rufus Catchings, a research geophysicist, looked at thc data on one of this week's earthquakes, a 4.9 shaker on Thursday in and reached opposite conclusions about what it might mcan for thc ..."