GLACIER VIEW — On a grassy schoolyard overlooking the Matanuska Glacier, a group of eminent seismologists from around the globe jumped up and down. They stamped their feet into the grass as Natalia ...

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — The federal government shutdown is disrupting earthquake monitoring efforts by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and threatening Nevada’s push to secure funding for a potentially ...

Earthquakes are one of the most devastating natural hazards, impacting millions of people every year, as well as damaging and destroying critical infrastructure. In contrast with other hazards, their ...

SEATTLE — Cuts at the federal level could impact how effective earthquakes are monitored in the Pacific Northwest, a Washington state seismologist warned Friday. This week, hundreds of workers within ...

Federal layoffs from the Trump administration are raising concerns about the future of earthquake detection systems. The ...

A sports car is crushed by earthquake debris in a Seattle parking lot on March 4, 2001. (FEMA photo by Kevin Galvin) The U.S. Geological Survey has awarded more than $12.5 million to seven ...

West Coast citizens get crucial seconds of warning with Android ShakeAlert and MyShake earthquake detection apps that issue life-saving alerts before hazardous shaking. Such new technologies turn ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - Any day, anytime, anywhere in Nevada, there could be an earthquake. There are usually dozens every day though most are too small to feel. To better understand when a big one ...

Researchers in Japan, one of the world’s most earthquake-prone countries, have developed a system that can provide several seconds’ warning that violent shaking from a violent earthquake is about to ...