Is Earthquake Weather A Thing?
Research geophysicist Brad Aagard from the United States Geological Survey Center says there’s no such thing. It’s just a [...]
Haiti’s Earthquake 10 Year Anniversary
10 years ago a devastating 7.9 earthquake hit Haiti leaving their capital city, Portau-Prince destroyed in seconds. "A lot [...]
950 Earthquakes Have Hit Puerto Rico This Year
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, there have been more than 950 earthquakes and aftershocks recorded on Puerto Rico [...]
California’s Earthquake Early Warning System sent out it’s first real alert
Two months after expanding across California, the state's Earthquake Early Warning system sent out its first real alert, notifying residents of [...]
Neighbors in Oregon Are Promoting Emergency Preparedness
To survive the “Really Big One,” some neighbors in the Oregon city are organizing block parties that promote emergency [...]
Earthquake that hit Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2011 Offers Lesson for California
New Zealand and California have similar seismic safety standards, their skylines built in the 19th century with collapse-prone brick [...]
USGS provides update for the National Seismic Hazard Model
USGS experts recently released a study that incorporates the latest earthquake science findings into an update of the National [...]
What is ‘slow earthquakes’ relationship to regular ones and the conditions that give rise to these events
Better earthquake-detection instruments revealed that there is a whole range of slip speeds in between. These are known as [...]