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

Early detection of earthquakes could be vastly improved by tapping into the world's internet network with a groundbreaking new algorithm, researchers say. Fiber optic cables used for cable television, ...

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

Fibre-optic cables are good for speedy downloads – and for detecting earthquakes. Nathaniel Lindsey at the University of California, Berkeley, and his colleagues temporarily turned 20 kilometres of ...

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 ...

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

Elizabeth Cochran sensed an opportunity to save lives when she realized laptops can be used as seismometers to detect earthquakes. Many laptops have an accelerometer, a sensor that detects motion and ...

The Quake Me Up app expands upon this research in an attempt to maximize public safety in relation to earthquakes, volcanoes, and other natural disasters. The application can detect Very Low Frequency ...

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) announced a new update to its earthquake alert app that aims to give advance notice seconds before some of the strongest earthquakes hit. The ShakeAlert ...

Earthquakes are among nature’s most unpredictable and devastating events. While humans have developed complex systems to detect and predict these natural disasters, animals seem to have an uncanny ...