If the ocean floor had a nervous system, it might look something like this: thousands of miles of fiber-optic cables ...

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

Japan has developed an undersea warning system that can detect earthquakes 20 seconds before they reach land, significantly ...

Japan has completed the world’s most advanced undersea earthquake and tsunami detection system—3,500+ miles of fiber-optic ...

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 earthquake that struck Japan early this morning was the worst seen in that country for over 300 years (with a local magnitude of 8.9). Hundreds have been killed and injured so far, but the ...

A 4.4 magnitude earthquake near Jhajjar was felt across Delhi-NCR on Thursday highlighting the region's seismic risk and lack ...

Some early detection systems gather data from sensors placed in various areas around an earthquake zone, compile it and then issue a warning for a region. The process can take as long as 30 ...

Seismic Warning Systems, a California-based earthquake early warning company is in the spotlight after the Japan earthquake. The company approaches earthquake detection differently.

Japan, Mexico, Romania, Turkey and Taiwan all have earthquake early warning systems. Will California have what it needs to be prepared, or will budget cuts prevent an early earthquake detection ...

Japan Railways trains automatically halt when the earthquake detection system kicks in. In 2022, a bullet train derailed after a 7.4-magnitude quake, but none of the 78 passengers and crew were ...

Meanwhile, Japan was a world pioneer in an early earthquake detection system. “We have 1,000 stations around the Western US,” Jones says. “We need more like 2,000 or 3,000.” ...