A combination of factors made the powerful earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria early Monday particularly deadly, including its timing, location, relatively quiet fault...
A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked wide swaths of Turkey and neighboring Syria on Monday, killing more than 2,800 people and injuring thousands more...
A strong undersea earthquake shook western Indonesia Monday morning. But there were no immediate reports of serious damage or casualties.
The magnitude 6.0 earthquake was...
Northern California residents awoke early Tuesday to a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that killed at least two people, damaged infrastructure and cut off power for...
The great 2011 earthquake that caused the tsunami in northeastern Japan is still remembered for its destructive power.
Also known as the Mw 9.0 Tohoku...
Earthquakes are notoriously hard to predict, and so too are the usually less-severe aftershocks that often follow a major seismic event.
Greg McLaskey '05, associate...
When a major earthquake strikes, nearby seismometers can inform rapid alerts to residents and emergency services that potentially hazardous shaking or tsunamis may be...