The same optical fibers that deliver high-speed internet and HD video to our homes could one day double as seismic sensors for monitoring and studying earthquakes. Thousands of miles of buri... Read more
Researchers have long had good reason to believe that earthquakes are inherently unpredictable. But a new finding from Northwestern University might be a seismic shift for that old way of th... Read more
UC Berkeley scientists today are releasing a free Android app that taps a smartphone’s ability to record ground shaking from an earthquake, with the goal of creating a worldwide seismic det... Read more
An earthquake measuring device is priced at about $20,000 but startup Grillo has developed a $50 alternative. The dream is to allow even developing nations affordable early warning devices t... Read more
Smartphones and other personal electronic devices could, in regions where they are in widespread use, function as early warning systems for large earthquakes according to newly reported rese... Read more
A new global map of subduction zones – which occur at the edge of tectonic plates – to predict which ones are capable of generating giant earthquakes A team of international researchers, led... Read more