Aside from the danger they pose, such earthquakes disrupt the slow, long-term changes occurring at subduction zones. The cycle of sudden earthquakes and slow plate movement makes it difficult for ...

The Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation was established to create an independent, uniform, and openly accessible standard for calculating and communicating seismic risk worldwide and for ...

A new kind of earthquake has been detected in western Canada, one that shakes the ground slower and longer than typical ...

This is the moment an engineer demonstrated models of 'earthquake-resistant buildings' in China. Footage shows three plastic ...

Researchers have developed a laboratory earthquake model that connects the microscopic real contact area between fault surfaces to the possibility of earthquake occurrences. Published in the ...

The US Geological Survey creates earthquake shaking models designed to inform municipalities about building codes and insurance companies about the risk of seismic events. CNN values your feedback 1.

The Southern California Earthquake Center will utilize the National Science Foundation grant to expand their earthquake modeling programs. (Brittany Shaw / Daily Trojan) The USC-based Southern ...

Earthquake models can also help policymakers across the country. California, for instance, is offering $3,000 grants for earthquake retrofitting.

In their rapid characterization of the magnitude 6.8 Al Haouz earthquake in Morocco, ... Morocco earthquake had unusual deep slip, according to new modeling. by Seismological Society of America.

Close to 500,000 earthquakes are detected around the world every year, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.Despite how often they occur, there is a lot that scientists don't yet understand ...