which detects when an earthquake begins on the West Coast and provides the information to state government agencies and third parties. And Google has taken steps to make that information more ...

From misguided theories about “earthquake weather” to the 1990 prediction that inspired a “War of the Worlds”-style panic (including building bunkers) to Japanese seismologists who ...

When I started my PhD in seismology in 2013, the very topic of earthquake prediction was deemed unserious, as outside the realm of mainstream research as the hunt for the Loch Ness Monster.

Underground amateur earthquake researcher Brent Dmitruk has become somewhat of a viral sensation for his eerily accurate earthquake predictions and his "Culebra ...

Researchers found that a potential powerful earthquake combined with rising sea levels could lead to a mega tsunami.

During the devastating earthquake that struck Myanmar and Thailand this weekend, horrified viewers around the world watched a 30-story Bangkok high-rise collapse in a scene reminiscent of the New ...

But unlike weather forecasting — which has been improved by computing power, mathematical models and the rise of drones and satellites — the quality of earthquake prediction has lagged.

It's the latest case of someone gaining attention for making "scattershot statements and predictions" that might seem to have been borne out, Susan Hough, a seismologist in the Earthquake Hazards ...

Dr Jones says over her career, she's had several thousand people alert her to such predictions of a big earthquake - including people in the 1990s who would send faxes to her office in hopes of ...