The first main earthquake hazard (danger) is the effect of ground shaking. Buildings can be damaged by the shaking itself or by the ground beneath them settling to a different level than it was before ...

Dr. Erica Seville, a leading authority in risk management and engineering, has been appointed as the independent chair of the ...

with the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program stating “we would estimate a 25 – 40 percent chance of a magnitude 6.0 and greater ...

THE Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on ...

There are a number of hazards caused by plate tectonics including earthquakes and tsunamis. Earthquakes have both primary effects (such as the destruction of buildings) and secondary effects (such ...

LUNENBURG - A small earthquake was recorded in central Massachusetts on Monday afternoon. Professor John Ebel, a senior research scientist with the Weston Observatory of Boston College, told WBZ-TV ...

The findings of the study call into question some assumptions about the region's earthquake hazard, said Kim, who co-authored the study. Based on existing models, the epicenter of the earthquake ...

Computer simulations are helping scientists and engineers improve predictions for liquefaction — a sometimes deadly ...

An earthquake drill is one set of simulated emergency circumstances designed to test the ability of school members to make the most appropriate decisions to ensure their safety. The school members ...

“The [magnitude] 6.8 earthquake [on Nov. 10] near Cuba occurred near or within the Septentrional-Oriente Fault Zone ,” ...