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The ground beneath Southern California isn't staying still. Whether it's a blip or the new normal remains to be seen.
As the name suggests, an earthquake is an event that causes the earth to shake. In some cases, an earthquake can be so significant that it cracks open the ground, as well as human-made structures ...
A major earthquake in Myanmar on Friday has caused more than 3,000 deaths and led to the collapse of numerous structures.
Predicting the exact moment an earthquake will strike is impossible, so scientists instead use historical activity to try to ...
Monday's 5.2 magnitude temblor marked another success for California's early earthquake warning system, with users in some ...
Thousands are feared dead after a massive 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit Myanmar and Thailand this morning. According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), likely losses of life are between 10,000 and ...
An earthquake is an intense shaking of the ground caused by movement under the earth’s surface. It happens when two blocks of the earth suddenly slip past one another. This releases stored-up ‘elastic ...
Researchers are combining data on earthquake shaking intensity, crowdsourced traffic data from the Waze navigation app and ...
The 7.7 Myanmar temblor raises questions about earthquake preparedness in Southeast Asia — and California. What can the rest ...