New super concrete makes buildings strong enough to withstand magnitude 9 earthquakes
Recent natural disasters such as hurricanes in the Caribbean and earthquakes in Mexico have laid bare the need...
Erin Brockovich helps Oklahoma Pawnee Nation take on fracking companies
Oklahoma has become an earthquake hotspot in recent years, and many are blaming companies that engage in hydraulic...
Montana earthquake felt along line of over 500 miles
An earthquake that rocked Montana yesterday was felt by people across hundreds of miles. The 5.8 magnitude earthquake...
Formerly undiscovered tectonic plates may explain mysterious Vityaz earthquakes
A previously undetected layer of tectonic plates may offer answers to the mysterious Vityaz earthquakes in the...
UK architect helps locals rebuild Nepal temple destroyed by earthquake
The 7.8 magnitude earthquake that battered Nepal in 2015 killed nearly 9000 people and damaged hundreds of thousands...
Oklahoma earthquake activity up 4000%, locals sue oil and gas companies
Earthquake activity in Oklahoma has increased by around 4,000 percent over the past eight years, according to Carnegie...
Amazing video shows 3 stranded cows rescued after New Zealand’s M7.8 quake
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake shook New Zealand early Monday near Canterbury, causing landslides that left thousands...
Why Italy’s devastating earthquakes could pile up in a ‘domino effect’
Three earthquakes measuring over 6 on the Richter scale have hit Italy in the span of a little over two months,...
Newly discovered link between two faults could lead to a much bigger San Francisco earthquake
San Francisco is expected to be hit with a 6.7 magnitude or higher earthquake before 2032, according to the US...
USGS warns California earthquake swarm could set off a massive quake any day now
Following a swarm of smaller earthquakes near Bombay Beach in southern California, the United States Geological...
USGS, EPA investigate link between underground wastewater disposal and Oklahoma’s largest earthquake
On Saturday, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook north central Oklahoma, prompting the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)...
The sun and the moon trigger earthquakes on the San Andreas fault
The same phenomenon that creates ocean tides is responsible for certain small "low-frequency" San Andreas fault...
Massive hidden fault could cause a cataclysmic earthquake, scientists warn
Predicting the date and time of an earthquake is impossible, but seismologists can use trends in tectonic activity...
Everest climbers bag summit for the first time in two years
Professional mountain climber Adrian Ballinger has summited Mt Everest six times already, but that didn’t fade...
World is failing to prepare for increasing natural disasters, UN expert says
The frequency and severity of natural disasters is a subject much studied by scientists, as we struggle to understand...
NASA researcher says ionized air molecules may help predict earthquakes
Scientists have devised methods for predicting many natural disasters, including hurricanes, tornadoes, and tsunamis....
Humans have caused so many earthquakes that scientists had to update their maps
Those at the United States Geological Survey has noticed such a spike in manmade earthquakes that they had to change...
Fracking suspected in Oklahoma’s third strongest earthquake
The third strongest earthquake ever reported in Oklahoma struck Saturday morning. Registering a 5.1 on the Richter...
New app uses smartphones to help predict earthquakes
Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley just released a free Android app that uses smartphone accelerometers...
Alarming research reveals that two of the country’s most dangerous fault lines may be connected
As if the folks in California didn’t have enough to worry about, what with crippling drought, an ongoing methane...
Canadian officials confirm largest earthquake caused by fracking
When a 4.6 magnitude earthquake struck British Columbia on 17 August, 2015, many were suspicious the event had...
Earthquake-proof beds could save your life – and give you nightmares
Earthquakes take the lives of too many people each year and one designer has had enough. Wang Wenxi is credited...
NASA experts say California’s next big earthquake could happen in less than three years
Earlier this year, scientists scared the begeezus out of West coast residents by warning that a huge “mega quake”...
Scientists discover that certain earthquakes threaten skyscrapers more than others
It's not the size of the earthquake so much as its rate of oscillation that determines the extent of injuries and...
House Republicans seek to slash millions in funding for NASA’s study of earth science
When President Barack Obama unveiled his proposed fiscal budget for the year 2016, not only did he request billions...
INFOGRAPHIC: How we can help reduce the impact of natural disaster
Studies show that the number of people displaced by natural disasters has nearly doubled since the 1970s and scientists...
Architects and other building experts called on to aid in Nepal’s post-earthquake recovery
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), has teamed up with the International Federation of the Red Cross...
Earthquake levels Nepal’s beautiful historic buildings
Earthquakes disproportionately affect people in developing countries, where building codes are less rigorous, so...
In California, new seismic evidence now points to strongest earthquake potential yet
As if California needed more bad news - amidst a drought of unprecedented proportions, new research has revealed...
Chance of California megaquake within the next three decades increases
Some time in the next 30 years, a major earthquake will rock California. That's a certainty in the eyes of scientists,...
