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Almost six years after its disappearance, a long-lost instrument which measures the movement of tectonic plates has been discovered by a kayaker at Port Davey in southwest Tasmania.

For this next story, we go to the South Pole, where scientists have placed two seismometers 8,000 feet below the ice cap. These super-sensitive instruments will be used to measure earthquakes and ...

Space debris—the thousands of pieces of human-made objects abandoned in Earth's orbit—pose a risk to humans when they fall to the ground. To locate possible crash sites, a Johns Hopkins University ...

Hurricane Melissa will go down as one of the worst hurricanes ever in the Atlantic Ocean, with the hurricane reaching a strength that only a handful of storms have achieved in recorded history.

Android earthquake detection has reshaped how people stay safe in seismic events by turning billions of smartphones into a global detection network. These everyday devices act as miniature sensors, ...

The back-to-back earthquakes that rattled the Bay Area this week were a potent reminder of the infamous faults beneath our feet. But with current technology, people might still only get seconds of ...

Thunder from an earthquake and the roar of a jet feel worlds apart. Yet deep under your feet, both can leave nearly the same kind of trace. New research from the University of Alaska Fairbanks shows ...

Many of the world’s largest and most devastating earthquakes strike beneath the ocean, where the lack of sensors makes quick warnings difficult. Most monitoring stations are on land. “If we have a big ...