A small town in California was hit by earthquakes once every 22 years for over a century, setting the stage for a major ...

Earthquakes happen daily, sometimes with devastating consequences, yet predicting them remains out of reach. What scientists can do is map the hidden layers beneath the surface that control how ...

7. Predicting Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions: Earthquake and Volcanic Eruption Prediction Research Japan has been implementing systematic and comprehensive earthquake and volcanic eruption ...

Predicting earthquakes has long been an unattainable fantasy. Factors like odd animal behaviors that have historically been thought to forebode earthquakes are not supported by empirical evidence. As ...

Kyoto, Japan -- Predicting earthquakes has long been an unattainable fantasy. Factors like odd animal behaviors that have historically been thought to forebode earthquakes are not supported by ...

Earthquakes sometimes cause great human damage and economic loss. Therefore, technology to predict when and where earthquakes will occur is being researched on a daily basis. The Institute of Nuclear ...

LOS ANGELES — In their quest to make tall buildings safe during earthquakes, engineers have for decades relied on calculations that represent the tremors and convulsions that a building can endure.

“These things turn on and turn off,” said David Schwartz, a geologist and scientist emeritus with the US Geological Survey. “They typically have not led to larger earthquakes. But they do scare the ...

Researchers re-created the conditions deep inside the Cascadia subduction zone and found that fractured rocks can repair themselves during, or just hours after, slow-motion earthquakes. When you ...