Discover interesting facts about how big earthquakes can get, why earthquakes happen, and why they're so hard to predict.

What this means is that for each whole number you go up on the magnitude scale, the amplitude of the ground motion recorded by a seismograph goes up ten times. Using this scale, a magnitude 5 ...

The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude 2.0 quake was about 5.5 miles southeast of York Harbor in almost the exact same ...

Seismic activity plays a crucial role in understanding Earth's geological processes, from monitoring natural hazards to ...

“Long-period seismic waves may travel far from the epicenter, so an earthquake early warning could be issued more than 10 seconds before the ground motion begins,” said Itsuki ...

Researchers used Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS), a technology that allows fibre optic cables to monitor vibrations and ...

Such events are the result of the slow-motion march of tectonic plates ... than rigid so they can bend with the rolling ground. Assemble an earthquake emergency kit that includes food, water ...