Uttarakhand to add 500 strong-motion sensors and more sirens to boost earthquake early warning, with IIT Roorkee support and ...

A flurry of seismic activity recently has struck Nevada, including a magnitude 5.7 earthquake 45 miles east of Reno that was ...

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck north of Midland at 3:52 p.m., and its shallow depth may have made the shaking easier to ...

Not all earthquake faults behave the same. Some stick and snap, causing earthquakes. Others move slowly over time.

Duke faculty and students are working with colleagues in Nepal to give the country more warning before deadly earthquakes ...

Over 24 hours, at least 17 tremors between magnitude 2.5 and 4.4 were recorded close to the installation, with the strongest ...

When an earthquake rupturing along a fault hits a barrier, it creates a seismic signature called the “stopping phase.” ...

If you are in a stadium or theater , you will want to “drop to the ground in front of your seat or lean over as much as ...

On the surface, Antarctica’s vast ice sheet appears still and unchanging. But deep below, vibrations ripple through the frozen plain, transmitting the movements of Earth’s tectonic plates—and ...

University of Canterbury Engineering Professor Daniel Nilsson, left, and Andrew Logie are part of the team that developed ...

In Switzerland, researchers have artificially generated an earthquake. The data obtained is intended to help better ...