On Monday residents of northeastern Japan were rattled by a massive magnitude 7.7 earthquake off the coast and warned of ...

When an earthquake rupturing along a fault hits a barrier, it creates a seismic signature called the “stopping phase.” ...

Imagine if there were a creature capable of providing a warning that an impending cataclysmic seismic event was about to occur. For centuries, mythology has said such a creature exists in the form of ...

When Japan issued an advisory about a potential megaquake, one that could trigger 100-foot tsunamis and devastate vast coastal stretches, the world paid attention. Japan, after all, is one of the most ...

People have wondered for ages whether animals know an earthquake is coming before we do. The idea pops up all the time, usually after someone swears their dog acted strange, or the birds went quiet ...

Kyoto, Japan -- Predicting earthquakes has long been an unattainable fantasy. Factors like odd animal behaviors that have historically been thought to forebode earthquakes are not supported by ...

Scientists cannot accurately predict large temblors, and those that start offshore are even more difficult to track. But a study published Thursday in Science demonstrates how the same tech that ...

Scientists from the Nevada Seismological Laboratory and the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology gathered the local media for a briefing Thursday regarding the recent series of small earthquakes that ...

April is Earthquake Preparedness Month, and with the trembles of an earthquake felt from over 150 miles away Monday night, ...

Oarfish have long been believed to be signs of an impending seismic event. With over 360 sightings of oarfish in nearly a century, only one was seen before an earthquake occurred in 2007. Oarfish are ...