Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Despite the ever-looming threat of a major earthquake hitting the Cascadia Subduction Zone, efforts to ...

While my little earthquake did no real damage, they can kill thousands of people and destroy billions of dollars of infrastructure. Any early warning can save lives which is why countries like Mexico, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers from a renowned U.S. university captured a slow slip earthquake in motion. It was captured during the act of releasing ...

Scientists have been grappling with finding a solution to natural disasters. While elimination seems far fetched, the focus has been on reduction and safety of lives. Such natural disasters include ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- It takes just seconds for tall buildings to collapse during powerful earthquakes. Knowing precisely what's happening in those seconds can help engineers design buildings that are less ...

Research published in the May 6 edition of Science indicates that slow-motion earthquakes or “slow-slip events” can rupture the shallow portion of a fault that also moves in large, tsunami-generating ...

The Hikurangi Ocean Bottom Investigation of Tremor and Slow Slip (HOBITSS) detected a slow slip event at the Hikurangi subduction zone, where the Pacific Plate dives beneath New Zealand’s North Island ...

Main opposition CHP and HDP proposed motions to set up commissions to investigate the precautions to be taken before and after earthquakes. The motions of both parties have been rejected by the ruling ...

Seismic activity is highly complex, and even with advanced data analytics tools there are still many unknown factors in seismic design ...