Shinkansen can stop significantly faster and more safely when an earthquake strikes thanks to a new tremor detection and ...

Predicting earthquakes has long been the hope of scientists who study the motion of the planet's huge tectonic plates and the seismic faults that crisscross Earth's crust like a tangle of torn ...

Did your phone light up Thursday morning with an earthquake alert? Good news: There was no quake. The ShakeAlert early warning system that notifies people about earthquakes as they are occurring ...

The ShakeAlert computer system that warns about the imminent arrival of shaking from earthquakes sent out a false alarm Thursday morning for a magnitude 5.9 quake in Carson City, Nevada, that never ...

A strong earthquake shook a large swathe of southern and central Mexico on Friday, triggering the quake alarm system in Mexico City and causing buildings to sway. There were no immediate reports of ...

Residents across Nevada and California were startled Thursday when their phones erupted with an earthquake alert warning of a powerful 5.9 magnitude. The US Geological Survey (USGS) issued the warning ...