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Google’s Android Earthquake Alerts program is a globe-spanning earthquake early-warning system that uses billions of phone ...
Google and UC Berkeley have turned Android smartphones into lifesaving earthquake detectors, now operating in 98 countries ...
The fault has moved the curbs as much as a handspan, around 18 centimeters, since the time they were installed, up to 60 ...
A 7.3 magnitude earthquake has triggered a tsunami advisory along a 700-mile stretch of Alaska’s sparsely populated southern coast. The advisory affects areas from southwest of Homer to Unimak Pass, ...
In California, where the next “Big One” is an always-looming threat, some lessons learned from the 1925 Santa Barbara quake resonate even 100 years later, experts say.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Communities along a 700-mile stretch of Alaska’s southern coast ordered residents to higher ground ...
A recent 7.3 magnitude earthquake off Alaska's Aleutian Peninsula triggered tsunami warnings, stirring memories of the 1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami. Wh ...
In earthquake country, the meandering paths of quake faults easily get seared into memory in the same way as a California freeway map. An earthquake fault is a fracture in the ground between two ...
Japan’s new earthquake-detection network lengthens warning times, and researchers in Wales have harnessed nuclear blast ...
Despite only 0.75% of global emissions, California's fuel demands, refinery shutdowns, and foreign oil reliance pose serious ...
Deadly floods like those in Texas are rare in California, but climate change-fueled storms could make them more likely, ...