Solid rock also supports multiple kinds of waves. (Some geologic structures can dampen big earthquakes while others can amplify lesser tremors.) While Richter’s scale, calibrated to Southern ...

Landslides cause more than a billion dollars in damage in the United States each year, according to the American Geoscience ...

The shaking of the idled Shika nuclear power plant in Ishikawa Prefecture during the New Year's Day earthquake slightly exceeded the estimated maximum levels, the Secretariat of the Nuclear ...

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Hirata urged those living in coastal areas to remain vigilant as tsunami in the Sea of Japan reach shorelines quickly after a big earthquake. He said the quake occurred in a focal zone of an ...

The geologist in charge of the Geophysical Observatory of Uruguay, Leda Sánchez Bettucc, affirmed to the radio program Doble Click that it was a “big” earthquake because it was identified in ...

Why does Oregon participate in these earthquake drills? There are many reasons — including one "big one" — why residents might want to know more about earthquakes and how Eugene, Springfield ...

The Pacific Northwest is at risk for a mega-earthquake because of the Cascadia Subduction Zone. The region is primed for powerful quakes, with a particularly strong one called the Big One ...