A new analysis of earthquake rupture directivity provides essential insights for seismic hazard and risk assessments in urban ...

A 3.7 magnitude earthquake was recorded near Borrego Springs Thursday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey ...

On March 11, 2011, a major earthquake and a subsequent tsunami caused the Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan. In 2004, ...

Professor SAKURAI Aiko of the Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies has a unique background, pursuing a career ...

The quake was recorded at 8:17 pm PDT (3:17am GMT) approximately 6.2 miles northwest of Malibu, and registered as a 3.9 ...

Sasaki is no stranger to the Tokyo Dome and was part of the Japan team that played there on the way to winning the World ...

Consider a can of soda. When the can is closed (pressurized), the soda contains dissolved carbon dioxide (CO2). When you open ...

In the US, a team of seismologists, geoscientists and geophysicists have created a seismic hazard map, showing the chances of a damaging earthquake ... the world's heaviest raptor, as they search ...

A new World Bank report charts a path to high-income status by 2047, but the journey demands seismic shifts: a near-doubling of investment rates, aggressive financial reforms, and a rethink of trade ...

As per the Bureau of Indian Standards, the seismic hazard zonation map of the country is grouped into four seismic zones: II, III, IV and V. Earthquakes of magnitudes 3.0 to 4.9 increased between ...

Additional information collected about the earthquake may also prompt U.S.G.S. scientists to update the shake-severity map. An aftershock is usually a smaller earthquake that follows a larger one ...