The federal government and earthquake experts blamed a technical glitch for the alert that sent warnings hundreds of miles ...

A shake alert went out over the U.S. Geological Survey's early warning system on Dec. 4, warning that a 5.9 earthquake near ...

Deadly and destructive, earthquakes remain unpredictable, but faster models that look beneath the ground, can help better ...

Human activity can cause “healed” faults to release their stored strength, triggering unexpected quakes in tectonically stable regions.

A marriage between a can of beans and a smoke alarm, 6-pound seismic sensors collect data that researchers use to establish ...

The ShakeAlert system that warns about imminent shaking arriving from earthquakes sent a false alarm across California on ...

For building owners managing thousands of properties the risk posed by earthquakes is a significant concern. Rapid response is crucial to ensure the safety of occupants and the integrity of buildings.

Civil engineer Joseph Schmitt was driving when the East Coast quaked on Friday morning. He did not feel the shaking; but his wife, at their home in Stony Brook, did. The magnitude 4.8 earthquake that ...

Fear, anxiety and confusion swept across the West Coast early Thursday when a rare tsunami warning was issued for parts of Northern California and southern Oregon following a magnitude 7 earthquake ...

In April 2025, the Main Marmara Fault below the Sea of Marmara in northwestern Türkiye experienced its largest earthquake in ...

A microscopic image shows small red centers connected by networks of branched and straight filaments. The team mixed purified actin monomers with precise concentrations of two nucleation-promoting ...