The Appalachian Mountains of western North Carolina have sporadic minor earthquakes, due to old fault lines, experts say.

About 130 are located around Alaska, mostly in urban areas and near known faults. As one example, Macpherson and his colleagues compared infrasound data of the magnitude 7.1 Anchorage earthquake ...

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake on Friday shook eastern Japan, including Tokyo, but officials said there were no threats of a ...

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"Alaska is the closest U.S. territory to Russia," he said. "We can target Alaska with everything imaginable, having increased ...

New York experienced a rare earthquake on Friday. A 2.2 magnitude hit just south of Hastings-on-Hudson, a town just north of ...

Three studies now published in The Seismic Record (TSR) offer an initial look at the February 6, 2023 earthquakes in ...

Research shows that infrasound sensors could improve tsunami warnings and other emergency responses while also lowering costs ...

Stay updated on the recent earthquake in Northern California and subsequent tremors as seismic activity impacts both coastal ...

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Sensors that detect changes in atmospheric pressure due to ground shaking can also obtain data about large earthquakes and explosions that exceed the upper limit of many seismometers, according to new ...