To better understand when a big earthquake is coming, there are earthquake monitoring stations across the state in remote ...

On 2 April, a shower of fireballs lit up the night sky over Los Angeles and much of central and Southern California. Onlookers wondered whether they were witnessing a meteor, a failed rocket ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — In the days after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked coastal Northern California, scientists are rushing to install sensors among the region’s rugged mountains and river ...

If things are shaking, there’s an earthquake. In reality, though, a lot of things can shake a sensitive instrument that is detecting shaking, so — for example — mechanical sensors will ...

"In fact, of the 170 earthquake sensors we have, we only have a maintenance budget for 70 sensors." However we do know that the system did in fact pick up the tsunami - because a warning was sent ...

In the early hours of January 21, a powerful 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit Chiayi, Taiwan, forcing leading semiconductor ...

A Chinese spacecraft that burned up high over Los Angeles created a sonic trail detected by ground-based sensors. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.