Seismologists and app developers are shaking things up with a new app that transforms smartphones into personal earthquake detectors. By tapping into a smartphone's accelerometer -- the ...

In a natural disaster like an earthquake, even a few seconds’ heads up could save lives. You could use that time to get you and your loved ones somewhere safe and prevent fatalities and injuries.

When most of us think of seismometers, our minds conjure up images of broken buildings, buckled roads, and search and rescue teams digging through rubble. But when [Subir Bhaduri] his team were ...

The model could uncover quakes that would previously have been dismissed as human-generated vibrations. Cities are loud places. Traffic, trains, and machinery generate a lot of noise. While it’s a ...

The Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla Thursday announced a $700,000 gift from a private firm to support an earthquake detection system in Southern California. The money from Seismic ...

Google is rolling out multiple Android updates, including earthquake alerts and detection. There are also tools to help the blind and emergency callers. Further updates bring a new calendar app for ...

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Google is creating a worldwide, Android phone-powered earthquake alert system. The first part of that system is rolling out today. If you opt in, the accelerometer in your Android phone will become ...

In terms of actual danger from last night’s 4.8 magnitude earthquake, there really isn’t much. But when it comes to what it showed about safety systems, there might be room for a rumble of concern.