Turning undersea cables into a global monitoring system for seismic and environmental hazards

EU researchers are exploring how undersea communication cables can double-up as environmental and seismic sensors—a potential ...
ABC News

Scientists explain why Russia's magnitude 8.8 earthquake didn't trigger a massive tsunami

Experts say vertical ocean floor movement determines tsunami size. When a magnitude 8.8 earthquake rocked Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on Tuesday, officials warned that damaging tsunami waves could ...
ABC7 San Francisco

How powerful 7.7 Myanmar earthquake is shedding light on behavior of San Andreas Fault

PASADENA, Calif. -- A powerful earthquake in Myanmar earlier this year is leading scientists to rethink how we predict future earthquakes. A new study from CalTech sheds light on the behavior of the ...
NBC 6 South Florida

Tsunami waves hit Hawaii after 8.8 earthquake. We explain the natural disasters

An 8.8 earthquake in Russia's Far East early Wednesday that forced evacuations for nearly 2 million people in Japan and triggered tsunami waves there, in Hawaii and across the Pacific. The tsunami ...
ABC7

How powerful Myanmar earthquake is shedding light on the behavior of the San Andreas Fault

PASADENA, Calif. (KABC) -- A powerful earthquake in Myanmar earlier this year is leading scientists to rethink how we predict future earthquakes. A new study from CalTech sheds light on the behavior ...