EARTHQUAKES

VIDEO/ WATCH – What happens at the bottom of the sea when an earthquake occurs?

There are so many images of earthquakes that I believe we all have a video of buildings shaking and people running in panic. However,...

A series of powerful earthquakes shakes eastern Indonesia

A series of powerful and shallow earthquakes shook a sparsely populated island chain in eastern Indonesia on Wednesday. There were no immediate reports of...

Nepal earthquake: More than 150 killed in remote western Nepal

More than 150 people have been killed after an earthquake struck remote western Nepal on Friday. Security forces have been deployed to help rescue efforts...

Scientists isolate early-warning tremor pattern in lab-made earthquakes

Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have successfully isolated a pattern of lab-made "foreshock" tremors. The finding offers hope that future earthquakes...

Earthquake shakes Turkey

An earthquake with a magnitude of 4 shook Turkey shortly before midnight. The epicenter of the earthquake was 10 kilometers southeast of Izmir and the...

Researchers test seafloor fiber optic cable as an earthquake early warning system

One of the biggest challenges for earthquake early warning systems (EEW) is the lack of seismic stations located offshore of heavily populated coastlines, where...

Afghanistan hit by third earthquake in a week

A new earthquake has hit western Afghanistan - several days after two large tremors in the region killed more than 1,000 people. The US Geological...

Afghanistan hit by second strong earthquake in days

A 6.3 magnitude earthquake has struck western Afghanistan, just days after a series of deadly quakes left more than 2,400 people dead. The powerful earthquake...

Discovery of massive undersea water reservoir could explain New Zealand’s mysterious slow earthquakes

Researchers have discovered a sea's worth of water locked within the sediment and rock of a lost volcanic plateau that's now deep in the...
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VIDEO/ Afghanistan earthquake: At least 15 killed and 78 injured in 6.3 quake

At least 15 people have been killed and 78 injured after an earthquake hit western Afghanistan, officials say. The US Geological Survey said the 6.3...

Four earthquakes shake Nepal in an hour, trigger landslide

Two major earthquakes rocked western Nepal on Tuesday, with tremors felt in parts of north India including Delhi-NCR. The quakes – of magnitude 6.3...

A double earthquake threat? Study finds 2 Seattle-area faults ripped about the same time

With the Cascadia Subduction Zone parked off the coast and shallow faults lurking under most major cities, the Puget Sound area already faces a...

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