A new seismic station was installed in August 2025 on Burley Mountain, near Mount Rainier. After a swarm of earthquakes ...

West Coast citizens get crucial seconds of warning with Android ShakeAlert and MyShake earthquake detection apps that issue life-saving alerts before hazardous shaking. Such new technologies turn ...

OAKLAND, Calif. -- The 6.4 and 7.1 magnitude earthquakes that jolted Ridgecrest served as reminders of how unexpected and strong earthquakes can be. Seismologists are still processing the data ...

Modern-day devices come with an accelerometer sensor; the Android Earthquake Alerts (AEA) uses this sensor to detect and send early earthquake warnings to the users. Recent research shows that the ...

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — The federal government shutdown is disrupting earthquake monitoring efforts by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and threatening Nevada’s push to secure funding for a potentially ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As sensors picked up the first signs of a strong earthquake jolting the Northern California coast, an alert was blasted to 3 million smartphone users telling them to “drop, cover, ...

The federal government and earthquake experts blamed a technical glitch for the alert that sent warnings hundreds of miles away last week. By Amy Graff Amy Graff is a reporter on The Times’s weather ...

State Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima) introduced a bill Monday to create a system in California to warn the public seconds in advance of an earthquake. The warning system, which is already implemented ...