Hundreds of small earthquakes have hit the Inland Empire in the past two weeks, and seismologists are trying to figure out what that so-called earthquake swarm could tell us.

West Coast citizens get crucial seconds of warning with Android ShakeAlert and MyShake earthquake detection apps that issue life-saving alerts before hazardous shaking. Such new technologies turn ...

What would you do if you knew you had 10 seconds before an earthquake hit? Robert de Groot, a U.S. Geological Survey spokesperson in California, can name a few things. Dentists can stop drilling.

Dehradun: A recent warning from scientists has brought attention to a grave risk in the Himalayan region: a major earthquake could strike the central Himalayas, including Uttarakhand, at any time.

Researchers are deliberately setting off real (small) earthquakes to understand how to gauge the danger of a fault line before it breaks. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Two earthquakes of a 7.0 or greater magnitude have struck within days of each other in Alaska and Japan, prompting worries another big temblor could be on the way. The first quake hit in Alaska on Dec ...

Modern-day devices come with an accelerometer sensor; the Android Earthquake Alerts (AEA) uses this sensor to detect and send early earthquake warnings to the users. Recent research shows that the ...

A collapsed road in Tohoku in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 9, 2025. Reporter A “megaquake” could occur along Japan’s main island north coast in the coming week, authorities said in a ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed an executive order on Monday aiming to help the state prepare for earthquakes. Executive Order 25-22 directs Oregon’s Department of ...