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 [...]
3.8-magnitude earthquake strikes Ridgecrest area
A 3.8 magnitude hit the Ridgecrest area early Thursday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. For more info, please [...]
how an earthquake could devastate a Vancouver elementary school
A picture is worth a thousand words. Seismic engineers and psychologists from UBC teamed up with a visual artist [...]
A powerful undersea earthquake has shaken the Greek island of Crete
: A 6.0 magnitude earthquake hit Wednesday morning the Greek Island of Crete. There were no immediate reports of [...]