Climate journalist Emma Pattee has been worried about the so-called big one—an off-the-charts earthquake—hitting her town in Portland, Ore., for some time now. She’s not alone: scientists estimate at ...
When a huge earthquake struck near Kamchatka, the SWOT satellite captured an unprecedented, high-resolution view of the resulting tsunami as it crossed the Pacific. The data revealed the waves were ...
The Pacific Northwest is considered a seismically active area. Geologically speaking, earthquakes are the norm. Still, we haven’t seen a large quake here in a couple decades. That makes understanding ...
The magnitude 7.8 earthquake that rocked parts of Turkey and Syria on Monday, killing more than 23,000 people, resembles a threat that Californians could potentially face. The same type of fault runs ...
A group of archaeologists has found evidence of the largest megaquake in human history. A new study featured in Science Advances says that the newly discovered Chile megaquake took place around 3,800 ...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — We’ve talked about conditions in the atmosphere on earth and even space weather, but what about conditions just below our surface? There’s a science lore out there about earthquake ...
The University of Oregon is leading a collaborative effort to study earthquakes and conduct research focused on the Cascadia Subduction Zone. Participating institutions include the University of ...
The earthquake early-warning system on the West Coast got a big upgrade recently. ShakeAlert, the system that can send notifications of an impending earthquake, now uses data from satellites to better ...
The film discusses the science of earthquakes, focusing on a significant earthquake recorded in Berkeley, California, that originated in Eastern Turkey. It explains how seismographs detect seismic ...
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The Alaska Earthquake Center is in negotiations with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to restore funding ...