A period of slow, creeping movement without any shaking may be a necessary prelude to earthquakes, a new study suggests. The research, which was on the fundamentals of how materials rupture, focused ...

Predicting earthquakes has long been an unattainable fantasy. Factors like odd animal behaviors that have historically been thought to ...

An experimental program using a 6 degree-of-freedom earthquake simulator at the University at Buffalo was executed to generate data for supporting validation of numerical models for seismic ...

A 70-foot-long, 52-ton concrete bridge survived a series of earthquakes in the first multiple-shake-table experiment in the University of Nevada, Reno's new Earthquake Engineering Lab, the newest ...

The move is complete and experiments are underway in the University of Nevada, Reno's new Earthquake Engineering Laboratory. The College of Engineering hosted a grand opening today celebrating the new ...

Man-made earthquakes, or induced seismicity, have become an increasing concern. These events can occur during fluid injection or extraction, such as in oil or gas reservoirs, wastewater disposal, or ...

LOGAN, UTAH, U.S.—You can see dark clouds forming in the distance and prepare for inclement weather. Hurricane forecasters can pinpoint storms as they develop over oceans, track their movement and ...

Sixty years ago, the largest earthquake in U.S. history shocked geologists. It’s still driving scientific discoveries today Christian Elliott The earthquake on March 27, 1964, dropped Anchorage’s ...

Slow-slip events or silent earthquakes take place over weeks or months. Researchers have speculated that water may help dampen the effects of an earthquake. Now, scientists have found that a plateau ...

Mar. 8—First-grade gifted students in Whitfield County Schools will soon be able to experience a simulated hurricane and see the effects of earthquakes and other natural disasters thanks to a recently ...

A rock sample is compressed in this apparatus. The sample is fitted with many sensors to detect acoustic emissions, i.e. micro-earthquakes. Credit: GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences Man-made ...