Related topics: earthquake

Scientists develop 'Shazam for earthquakes'

An algorithm inspired by a popular song-matching app is helping Stanford scientists find previously overlooked earthquakes in large databases of ground motion measurements.

Magnitude-5.7 quake shakes northwest Alaska

Seismologists say a moderate earthquake that shook northwest Alaska on Monday was the fifth of the same magnitude since April in an area with otherwise little activity.

Pakistan quake island unlikely to last: experts

A small island of mud and rock created by the huge earthquake that hit southwest Pakistan has fascinated locals but experts—who found methane gas rising from it—say it is unlikely to last long.

page 1 from 8