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Red Orbit: Study shows San Fransisco area faults may be connected, raises possibility of massive earthquake A new seismic study has fo...

A map of the Pacific coast of Chile, where an earthquake was reported on April 1, 2014. Google 8.0 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Off Chile...

The California area's probability of suffering an earthquake  New $80million Earthquake Alert System Will Give Californians 60 Sec...

A range of phones are hooked up to the Berkeley Seismological Lab's shake table  Smartphones To Be Pocket Seismometers -- BBC   ...

Michigan-based designer John Nelson charted a century's worth of earthquakes (a staggering 203,186 of them) across the globe Shaking All...

The red star marks where the Sumatra quake hit. USGS Are Four Big Quakes In Two Days Connected? -- MSNBC/Live Science Shaking from Sumatra q...

Mexico Earthquake: How Quake-Prone Is The Region? -- Christian Science Monitor Mexico earthquake history shows that the same faults that cau...

CSN Editor: The following web page gives an up-to-date report of earthquake incidences around the world. The link to the website is here.

One Year After Japan Tsunami: Roads Repaired, But Lives Still Disrupted -- Christian Science Monitor One year after the Japan tsunami, earth...

An Excellent Visual Comparison of Earthquake Strength -- The Atlantic Think the 1994 Northridge quake was strong? How about Haiti's 2010...

Satellite images showing changes in the heat of the atmosphere above the epicentre of the March 11 earthquake between March 1 and March 12. ...

(Click on image to Enlarge) Disaster strikes: The tsunami rushes over a protective sea wall and towards tanks of heavy oil for the Unit 5 of...

On March 11, 2011, at 2:46 p.m. local time (05:46 UTC), a magnitude 8.9 earthquake struck off the east coast of Japan. The epicenter was 80 ...

From Futurity: U. SOUTHAMPTON (UK)—Researchers have uncovered clues as to why some undersea earthquakes generate huge tsunamis. Their findin...

From Live Science: The earthquake that struck China in the early hours of the morning was different than some of the major temblors that ha...

From Live Science: As the numbers of buried or dead continue to climb from today's 6.9-magnitude earthquake in China, an event so close ...

Geothermal Hot Spots: Many hot spots sit in seismically active areas. Paul Wootton From Popular Science: A new energy method could trigger a...

From Live Science: Researchers are utilizing new technologies to help predict the strength and impacts of natural disasters. The image above...

From Live Science: The whopping 7.2-magnitude aftershock that rattled Chile again today is nothing unusual following such a large original e...

From Live Science: 1. Earth has been more seismologically active in the past 15 years or so, says Stephen S. Gao, a geophysicist at Missouri...