A new study suggests using fiber optic cables on the ocean floor could track underwater fault ruptures and improve earthquake ...

As part of a project that could greatly speed up the detection of deadly tsunamis, Caltech seismologists and Google optical experts have come up with a method that turns operating submarine ...

Let’s face it. Earthquakes can be terrifying. From the sensation of the world shaking beneath your feet, to the fear of what might happen next, it doesn’t matter how many earthquake drills you’ve ...

Deaths from high voltage wires could be prevented by using cheap and simple cable detectors. A farmer in Cornwall is the latest in a series of deaths over the years as the result of accidentally ...

When it comes to earthquakes, the earlier the warning, the better. While current seismometers can pick up minor tremors with precision, they're relatively short-ranged and expensive, but now, a ...

EARTH is observed as never before. Satellites track typhoons, monitor volcanic-ash plumes and catalogue the changing ways in which human beings use the land. The sort of high-quality imagery that, a ...

Many of the world’s largest and most devastating earthquakes strike beneath the ocean, where the lack of sensors makes quick warnings difficult. Most monitoring stations are on land. “If we have a big ...