The goal is to see whether it’s safe to build taller buildings out of cold-formed steel, a strong, lightweight recycled ...

Google and UC Berkeley have turned Android smartphones into lifesaving earthquake detectors, now operating in 98 countries ...

According to their study, published today in the journal Science, the Android Earthquake Alerts (AEA) system’s efficacy ...

Google’s Android Earthquake Alerts program is a globe-spanning earthquake early-warning system that uses billions of phone ...

Study reveals how the tech behemoth is using the motions sensors on phones to expand quake warnings to more countries.

Japan's new earthquake-sensing nervous system spans ocean fault zones, boosting tsunami warnings by up to 20 minutes and ...

Italy's first rail Earthquake Early Warning System debuts on Rome–Naples line, using sensors to detect and halt trains.

Calculations for earthquake detection, location, and magnitude are processed in situ. ASIS allows monitoring sensor status, visualizing the data of each sensor, and generating two dimensional/three ...

Japan launches worlds first underwater earthquake early warning system with 6,000 km of fiber optics Japan unveils pioneering fiber optic network for seismic safety and disaster preparedness ...

The “megathrust” earthquake’s undersea magnitude was 9.0, recorded as one of the worst in Japan’s history. It began on the Pacific seabed 45 miles away from the eastern coast of Japan, as reported by ...