NPL and MSL in New Zealand successfully detected a multitude of earthquakes in the Pacific Ocean using a pioneering detection ...

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — People across San Diego County reported feeling an earthquake Friday afternoon. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a pair of earthquakes were reported today near ...

If things are shaking, there’s an earthquake. In reality, though, a lot of things can shake a sensitive instrument that is detecting shaking, so — for example — mechanical sensors will ...

An average of five earthquakes with magnitudes of 3.0 to 4.0 occur each year in the Greater Los Angeles area, according to a recent three-year data sample. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8. ...

SUMMERVILLE, Ga. — A shallow, weak earthquake occurred in northwest Georgia at 8:00 a.m. early Tuesday morning. The magnitude 2.6 earthquake was about 5 miles northwest of Menlo, Georgia, near ...

VASHON ISLAND, Wash. — An earthquake struck Vashon Island late Monday night, according to the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network (PNSN). The tremors spread across a wide area, with people in ...

Since Feb. 18, Washington has seen seven earthquakes with a magnitude above 2.5, including the strongest earthquake to hit the state in five years, a magnitude 4.5 that struck Orcas Island early in ...

The magnitude of earthquakes is measured on a logarithmic scale. This means, for example, that the amplitude of the seismic waves at a given distance from the epicenter is 10 times larger for a ...

There are ways of reducing the effects of earthquakes by, for example, planning, predicting and preparing. Buildings may collapse due to the shaking of the ground. People may die if they are ...

Long cited the April earthquake in New Jersey as an example. An 2002 earthquake in upstate New York measured at a magnitude of 5.1. There was also a magnitude 4.7 event near Hollis Center ...