People in B.C. regularly have earthquake drills at school and work, trying to prepare for what’s known as “the big one.” The ...

Earthquakes happen daily, sometimes with devastating consequences, yet predicting them remains out of reach. What scientists can do is map the hidden layers beneath the surface that control how ...

A small town in California was hit by earthquakes once every 22 years for over a century, setting the stage for a major seismic experiment in the 1980s and 90s. But the quake ended up being 11 years ...

Predicting earthquakes has long been an unattainable fantasy. Factors like odd animal behaviors that have historically been thought to forebode earthquakes are not supported by empirical evidence. As ...

Scientists uncover hidden faults beneath Northern California’s Mendocino triple junction. The discovery reshapes ...

A new three-dimensional model of the fault beneath the Marmara Sea in Türkiye reveals where a future major earthquake could ...

When Japan issued an advisory about a potential megaquake, one that could trigger 100-foot tsunamis and devastate vast coastal stretches, the world paid attention. Japan, after all, is one of the most ...

Examples abound of animals appearing to predict natural disasters, with anecdotes dating back as far as Ancient Greece, when the historian Thucydides wrote of rats, weasels, snakes and dogs deserting ...

The prediction of a potential earthquake put Evansville and the whole Midwest on edge during Thanksgiving 1990. Evansville could still experience a large earthquake one day, experts say. And it'll ...

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