Earthquake scientists rely on distant seismic instruments to infer how faults rupture during large earthquakes. This video ...

Unlike conventional systems that use dedicated, expensive seismic instruments, Google's Android Earthquake Alerts system leverages the sheer scale of smartphones, which continuously collect motion ...

Back in 2020, Google kicked off a project to crowdsource signals from Android phones that an earthquake might be imminent.

Google's Android Earthquake Alerts system uses your phone's accelerometer to provide crucial seconds of warning before ...

Wednesday’s magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands chain struck in a region that has experienced a handful of powerful quakes within the last five years ...

The latest war in the Middle East was, both in terms of the course it took and its outcomes, resembles an earthquake. This is the latest of the earthquakes to hit the region: the 1967 war, the 1973 ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 2.7 struck near Sherman Oaks on Tuesday.No significant damage was expected.An early warning wasn’t issued by the U.S. Geological Survey’s earthquake early ...

GUERNSEY & NOBLE COUNTIES, Ohio — Ohio officials have confirmed that a recent series of small earthquakes in Southeast Ohio are tied to oil and gas activity in the region. The Ohio Department of ...

GZS maps are the basis for planning the development of territories, are used in construction codes and regulations for the correct consideration of information on the parameters of large earthquakes ...

The map's release came almost exactly on the 30th anniversary of the deadly Northridge earthquake in Los Angeles, the most recent major quake to hit the U.S.