After 15 years of planning and development, the ShakeAlert earthquake early warning system is now available to more than 50 million people in California, Oregon and Washington, the most earthquake-prone region in the conterminous U.S. Keep Reading
ShakeAlert uses science and technology to detect significant earthquakes quickly and sends a real time alert to people via their cell phone before shaking arrives at their location. Keep Reading
For the first time, ShakeAlert-powered alerts will be delivered directly to wireless devices in Oregon starting on March 11, 2021. Oregon will be the second state to ”go live,” following California on October 17, 2019. Washington state will join Oregon and California in May 2021. Keep Reading
At 6 o’clock in the morning on February 9, 1971, the reservoir keeper of the Lower Van Norman Dam in Southern California tried to get out of bed. Keep Reading
For the last century, seismic building codes and practices have primarily focused on saving lives by reducing the likelihood of significant damage or structural collapse. Recovery of critical functions provided by buildings and infrastructure have received less attention, however. Keep Reading
A lone solar panel in the middle of California’s largest national forest is powering a seismometer able to detect Earth’s vibrations, a piece of the puzzle necessary to help protect life and property by providing critical seconds of warning that an earthquake is occurring and shaking is imminent. Keep Reading
The 3.6 magnitude earthquake centered off the coast of New Bedford, Massachusetts, in Buzzards Bay struck just after 9 a.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Earthquake Information Center. Keep Reading
Nearly half of Americans are exposed to potentially damaging earthquakes based on where they work and live. Still others will be at risk when traveling. Everyone everywhere should know how to protect themselves during an earthquake. Keep Reading
A 5.1 magnitude earthquake felt in Charlotte shortly after 8 a.m. Sunday was centered just over a mile south of Sparta, near the Virginia border, the strongest quake to hit North Carolina in more than a century. Keep Reading
A powerful earthquake that prompted tsunami warnings and evacuations Tuesday night caused serious shaking in some Alaska Peninsula communities but little damage. Keep Reading
The research finds that the 2019 Ridgecrest, California, quakes shifted underground stresses, making the San Andreas fault—the state’s longest and most dangerous fault—three times more likely to rupture. Keep Reading
As scientists and responders from different agencies and organizations focused their energy on emergency response, another stronger earthquake shook the area about 33 hours later. Keep Reading
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck near Tonopah, Nevada, near the California-Nevada border and about 120 miles southeast of Carson City, early this morning on May 15, 2020, at 4:03 am local time (11:03:27 UTC). Keep Reading
Among the offensive strategies most commonly cited in an emergency are be nimble and keep planning. Keep Reading
At 10:16 a.m. CDT on March 26 a moderate earthquake struck about 120 miles from Midland, Texas and 50 miles from Carlsbad, New Mexico. Perceived shaking for the quake was strong. Keep Reading
On March 18, 2020, a magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. Seismic instruments indicate the earthquake originated at a depth of 6.6 miles (10.6 km). Keep Reading
Countless earthquakes have hit Puerto Rico since the end of last year. After one major quake last month, tent camps sprang up in the south, filled with the newly homeless and those afraid to sleep inside. Keep Reading
On Wednesday, Brown met with Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez Garced and Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González Colón to discuss the island's needs and Brown's new role. Keep Reading
This sequence is very active, and the probabilities of magnitude 5 and 6 or greater aftershocks remain high now and into the future. Keep Reading
Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority, AFAD, said that a 6.7 magnitude earthquake has killed 36 people some 465 miles east of the capital, Ankara. More than 1,600 people are said to have been hospitalized. Keep Reading