The December 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake is the third strongest recorded earthquake in history. Triggering a series of enormous tsunamis, the deadly quake ultimately caused the deaths of more than ...

PHOENIX (KSAZ) - Even though it's not very likely that one will hit near Phoenix, you've got to prepare. Phoenix Fire Department Search and Rescue Teams were out training for the big earthquake and ...

Preparation for the possibility of emergency is a priority for Bellevue, which is why the city held a full-scale earthquake simulation training exercise on June 6. Staff across the whole city ...

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(CBS) -- The biggest earthquake on the continent was in Illinois, so public safety agencies are running a simulation this week to make sure the state is prepared, reports WBBM's Nancy Harty. It was ...

In this video from the HPC User Forum in Tucson, David McCallen from LBNL describes how exascale computing capabilities will enhance earthquake simulation for improved structural safety. “With the ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue University community is encouraged to participate Thursday (Oct. 15) in a campus drill simulating a major earthquake. The exercise is designed to educate faculty, ...

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake had just occurred and it was time for Cathedral City High School's Community Emergency Response Team to spring into action on Thursday. The vast majority of students had ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The massive devastation in Nepal has spiked many people's fears about a similar disaster striking in earthquake-prone Southern California. The official death toll in Nepal soared ...

Only 20 more days until the 10th anniversary of the Nisqually Earthquake (Seattle Earthquake for all you non-native Washington folks). It was a magnitude 6.8 event that I called the "snooze alarm" ...

A multi-disciplinary team has simulated the largest, longest multiphysics earthquake simulation to date. Just before 8:00 a.m. local time on December 26, 2004, people in southeast Asia were starting ...

MEXICO CITY (KABC) -- A magnitude 7.6 earthquake shook Mexico's central Pacific coast on Monday, killing at least one person and setting off a seismic alarm in the rattled capital on the anniversary ...