Earthquakes
Stanford Scientists Create an Algorithm That Is the "Shazam" For Earthquakes
The popular song-identifying app has inspired a technique for identifying microquakes in the hopes of predicting major ones
Big Quakes Can Trigger Other Shakes Thousands of Miles Away
According to new research, when a big one strikes, more than aftershocks can follow
50-Year-Old Moon Data Reveals Unseen Earthquakes
Scientists have identified four different types of moonquakes in data left over from Apollo 17
What Happened When a Disaster Preparedness Expert Was Caught in an Earthquake
In this Generation Anthropocene podcast, geologist Anne Sanquini gives her first-hand account of April's disaster in Nepal
Why Don't Balancing Boulders Fall During Earthquakes?
The interaction of nearby fault lines may lessen ground shaking around some balancing rocks
Why the Nepal Earthquake Was Especially Bad for Cultural Sites
The major quake sparked a resonance in the basin that made taller buildings more likely to topple
What Will Really Happen When San Andreas Unleashes the Big One?
A major earthquake will cause plenty of destruction along the West Coast, but it won’t look like it does in the movies
The Shaky Science Behind Predicting Earthquakes
A powerful earthquake in Italy killed hundreds of people—and set in motion a legal battle and scientific debate that has kept seismologists on edge
The Nepal Earthquake Made Mt. Everest an Inch Shorter
Satellite data gives the first results for the way the land moved during the quake
This Interactive Map Shows Nepal Before and After the Earthquake
New satellite map shows devastation of Nepal from space
Nepal Struggles With the Loss of Lives, Cultural Treasures After Earthquake
Historic sites were damaged and destroyed in the 7.8 quake
Getting a Push Notification on Your Cell Phone? It Could Be Warning You About an Earthquake
Sophisticated GPS sensors in the average mobile device could be harnessed for seismic early warning systems around the world
These Bells Play Seismic Shifts
Watch as UC Berkeley’s bells play the earth’s “natural frequencies”
Scientists Have Imaged the Base of a Tectonic Plate
The discovery of a slippery layer off the coast of New Zealand could help explain plate movement
Here's One Very Good Reason to Drill Deep Into an Active Fault
Scienctists hope to install instruments at the fault to observe changes in the earth at depth
Deadly Chinese Earthquake May Have Been Man-Made
More than 600 people died in the August 3 Yunnan earthquake
Napa Earthquake Turned Dry Creeks Wet Again
"Miracle water" wets some of California's dried streams
Why Earthquakes Make Napa Wine Taste So Good
The soil that makes Napa Valley grapes so special also makes the region vulnerable to earthquakes
A New Way to See Earthquakes: Peoples’ Fitness Trackers
Yesterday's Napa earthquake woke people up
This Gorge Is Living Its Life on Fast-Forward
A quickly carved river gorge may disappear in just a few decades
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