seismology
Listen to Seismic Waves from the Depths of the Earth
The Seismic Sound Lab turns data from seismometers, recording things like the Tōhoku earthquake, into a visual and auditory experience.
Five Years Later: Italian Supreme Court Lets Earthquake Scientists Off the Hook
The seismologists had been handed down six-year jail terms for failing to predict a quake.
New Imagery Reveals That Mount St. Helens Is Sitting Atop a Small Sea of Magma
Evidence for a Pacific-Northwest supervolcano?
We Asked a Seismologist How Fucked California Would Be in a 'San Andreas'–Style Earthquake
What can a Dwayne Johnson movie teach California about disaster preparedness?
Human Activity Is Causing Significantly More Earthquakes
The rate of induced earthquakes is rising so rapidly that the US Geological Survey now includes them in their hazard models.
We're a Long Way From Earthquake Predictions
Seismologist say it's an extremely difficult task to predict when an earthquake will strike and how strong it will be, despite knowing where they are likely to occur.
Geologists Who Didn't Predict an Earthquake Aren't Killers, Italian Court Rules
That it's even up for debate is absurd.
Berkeley's New Early Warning System Detected SF's Quake 10 Seconds Before It Hit
In a major earthquake, those seconds can mean the difference between life and death.
Virtual Maps Predict How Earthquakes Will Hit Cities
LA would be shaken harder than previously thought if it a big quake struck.
Mapping the Sea with Air Guns Is Deafening Whales
Our technique for mapping the ocean floor involves blasting super loud soundwaves that can deafen and even kill whales and other sea life.
Seeing the Strangest Light Before the Earth Quakes
What shook out deep below San Francisco in the early hours of April 18, 1906, went unseen. Yet the magnitude-8 earthquake killed untold thousands of civilians (and displaced hundreds of thousands more) and left the city in flaming ruins, under short...