the seismogram will show ground motion fluctuations that typically last from tens of seconds to many minutes depending on the size of the earthquake. The height of the recorded waves on the seismogram ...

Most scales are based on the amplitude of seismic waves recorded on seismometers ... that for each whole number you go up on the magnitude scale, the amplitude of the ground motion recorded by a ...

Several thousand earthquakes have been recorded near the Greek island since late January. So why is this happening?

Seismic activity plays a crucial role in understanding Earth's geological processes, from monitoring natural hazards to imaging subsurface structures. Traditional earthquake detection relies on ...

Researchers used Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS), a technology that allows fibre optic cables to monitor vibrations and ...

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has rattled southern Texas in the vicinity of San Antonio, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) ...

Residents on the popular island of Santorini have experienced hundreds of earthquakes this week while researchers have ...

Earthquakes really pose little direct danger to a person ... Buildings can also be damaged by strong surface waves making the ground heave and lurch. Any buildings in the path of these surface waves ...

Tsunamis are a hot topic in popular culture, lately. But is Florida ready for what some experts have warned for decades is inevitable?

Sophie Coulson, assistant professor in Earth science at the University of New Hampshire, was preparing for class when a 3.8-magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of York, Maine, near what Coulson ...