An earthquake measuring 6.2 rocked central Italy in the early hours of Aug. 24, leaving more than 200 dead and hundreds missing in the rubble of the disasters. Given the devastation earthquakes cause, ...

Tsukuba, Japan—Tsunami earthquakes are characterized by the generation of disproportionately large tsunamis relative to the observed ground shaking, complicating timely evacuation efforts.

A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck northern Chile in July 2024—and it wasn’t supposed to be that strong. Unlike Chile ...

Measures of Earth's vibrations zigged and zagged across Mostafa Mousavi's screen one morning in Memphis, Tenn. As part of his PhD studies in geophysics, he sat scanning earthquake signals recorded the ...

After the strong earthquake that struck Chile on April 2 (CEST), numerous aftershocks, some of them of a considerable magnitude, have struck the region around Iquique. Seismologists doubt that the ...

Ten years ago today, the Landers earthquake set scientists on some new courses, proving that the seismic process was more complicated than they had thought and showing that a big enough jolt could ...

EMBATTLED: Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee has been forced to walk a legal tightrope. The Government has been pinged three times over its handling of the Canterbury earthquake recovery now ...

Calling for “national unity” in Concepcion’s main square on March 27, exactly a month after the devastating earthquake that hit Chile, President Sebastián Piñera announced “Plan Manos a la Obra” (Plan ...

An earthquake measuring 6.2 rocked central Italy in the early hours of Wednesday, leaving more than 200 dead and hundreds missing in the rubble of the disasters. Given the devastation earthquakes ...

2/2: Buildings crumbled after the 2014 Napa Valley, Calif., earthquake, an incident that prompted Stanford Alumni and entrepreneur Ahmad Wani to co-found the disaster response and artificial ...