The ground under western Montana occasionally rumbles and shakes with an average of 10 occurring per day. In the video above, ...

The impact of an earthquake on people and property depends not only on the earthquake's characteristics like magnitude and ...

The back-to-back earthquakes that rattled the Bay Area this week were a potent reminder of the infamous faults beneath our feet. But with current technology, people might still only get seconds of ...

EU researchers are exploring how undersea communication cables can double-up as environmental and seismic sensors—a potential ...

Could your smartphone save your life? If an earthquake is occurring, it just might. A worldwide Android smartphone-based earthquake detection and early warning system can detect seismic activity in ...

The ubiquitous nature of modern smartphones has mostly downsides, from a wandering mind to chronic neck pain—but there are a handful of upsides to having such advanced technology in every pocket, too.

This feature could save lives. Many of the deadliest disasters in history have been earthquakes, including the 2005 tragedy in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province, Kashmir, and the 2010 quake in ...