Numerous anecdotal accounts suggest animals possess an uncanny ability to respond early to earthquakes before humans. Dogs, ...

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Many popular vacation destinations, like California, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Thailand and the Caribbean are in active quake ...

A tiny, soft, flexible robot that can crawl through earthquake rubble to find trapped victims or travel inside the human body ...

The US experiences violent earthquakes, but the damage and death toll is much lower than in many countries because of the ...

The ground beneath Southern California isn't staying still. Whether it's a blip or the new normal remains to be seen.

Data from the USGS shows that the epicenter of the Myanmar earthquake was particularly shallow, at just 10 kilometers (6.2 ...

Earthquake preparation hinges in large part on the expertise of scientists and engineers in federal agencies who develop ...

Modern continental rocks carry chemical signatures from the very start of our planet's history, challenging current theories about plate tectonics.

A phenomenon called liquefaction, which causes the ground to slump like quicksand, led to significant damage after the Myanmar earthquake. The risk of aftershock remains high.

The U.S. Geologic Survey (USGS) insists that earthquake forecasting is not possible. Thus, the agency only calculates the ...

Workers said poor-quality materials were used during construction by a Chinese developer as it sought to cut costs.