University researcher uses simulations and machine learning to reshape infrastructure resilience to withstand rare, ...

In July 2024, a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck Calama, Chile, damaging buildings and causing power outages. The country has ...

Researchers at the Statewide California Earthquake Center at USC Dornsife warn that powerful, fast-moving earthquakes could hit California and are calling for stronger building codes along with ...

Computer Simulation of a Magnitude 7.7 Earthquake in the New Madrid Seismic Zone This animation depicts simulated ground motion of the Earth’s surface that could occur in the central U.S. region for a ...

The light bulb above our dining room table begins to swing. The windows rattle. The table shakes. Then the whole room shudders, the walls vibrating violently. A vase of flowers wobbles on a top shelf.

Fifty simulations of a magnitude-9.0 earthquake found that we can expect shaking that lasts about four times as long as that of the 2001 Nisqually earthquake that caused billions in damage.

An experimental program using a 6 degree-of-freedom earthquake simulator at the University at Buffalo was executed to generate data for supporting validation of numerical models for seismic ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland State University researchers simulated an earthquake on Friday, testing the effectiveness of a potentially revolutionary soil treatment. Researchers used a mobile field ...

A new type of seismic threat is gaining attention among geologists—and it could have serious implications for California. Known as “supershear” earthquakes, these rare but devastating quakes travel ...

Residents along the West Coast were left shaken when a 7.0 magnitude earthquake rattled the region last week, resulting in a tsunami warning and a scary couple of hours for more than 5 million people.