Since the U.S. Geological survey upgraded its earthquake monitors in northwest Louisiana, its earthquake map is showing much ...

Early detection of earthquakes could be vastly improved by tapping into the world's internet network with a groundbreaking new algorithm, researchers say. Fiber optic cables used for cable television, ...

On the surface, Antarctica’s vast ice sheet appears still and unchanging. But deep below, vibrations ripple through the frozen plain, transmitting the movements of Earth’s tectonic plates—and ...

For this next story, we go to the South Pole, where scientists have placed two seismometers 8,000 feet below the ice cap. These super-sensitive instruments will be used to measure earthquakes and ...

A 28-year-old graduate student Bella Seppi is using earthquake sensors to track aircraft in Alaska, a groundbreaking ...

If there is a magnitude 8 or 9 megathrust earthquake off the coast of the Pacific Northwest, data from ocean bottom seismometers (OBS) could improve earthquake detection times calculated by the ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK — Although they mostly go unnoticed by humans, small earthquakes occur ...