Several strong earthquakes struck off the coast of Russia on Sunday, eliciting a brief tsunami watch for the state of Hawaii.   Per the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the first of the quakes, with ...

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 ...

Yellowstone, a popular tourist destination and namesake of an equally popular TV show, was the first-ever national park in ...

A worldwide Android smartphone-based earthquake detection and early warning system can detect seismic activity in real time.

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

The United States and Japan concluded a weeklong disaster-response exercise that simulated a magnitude 7 earthquake, the ...

Wednesday's magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Alaska's Aleutian Islands chain struck in a region that has experienced a handful of ...

Google and UC Berkeley have turned Android smartphones into lifesaving earthquake detectors, now operating in 98 countries ...

Google’s Android Earthquake Alerts program is a globe-spanning earthquake early-warning system that uses billions of phone ...

An early-warning system on Android phones has detected more than 1,000 earthquakes worldwide since 2021, sometimes giving ...

Study reveals how the tech behemoth is using the motions sensors on phones to expand quake warnings to more countries.