An August 24, 2011, NOAA satellite image shows Hurricane Irene, a category 2 storm that had winds of up to 100 mph and was located about 400 miles southeast of Nassau, the Bahamas. According to a study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, scientists have discovered a real life mash-up of two feared disasters -- hurricanes and earthquakes -- called “stormquakes.”  Hurricane Irene generated stormquakes, the study said.