Many earthquakes occurred in Japan as well as in the United States, and in southern California alone about 10,000 earthquakes occur each year. However, most of the earthquakes are neither sensible nor ...

Android earthquake detection has reshaped how people stay safe in seismic events by turning billions of smartphones into a global detection network. These everyday devices act as miniature sensors, ...

Back in 2020, Google kicked off a project to crowdsource signals from Android phones that an earthquake might be imminent. The system leveraged the accelerometers inside these devices to gather ...

Rock rheology governs the deformation of rocks in reaction to forces within the Earth's interior. Rheology is the scientific ...

Japan completed the world’s first real-time ocean floor earthquake detection system in June 2025, giving 20 seconds more earthquake warning and 20 minutes more tsunami warning. The network spans ...

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 ...

Aerial view of the devastated along the north eastern coast of Japan following a massive earthquake and tsunami March 25, 2011. The undersea, magnitude 9.0 “megathrust” earthquake—the worst in Japan’s ...

BUTTE, Mont. — The ground under western Montana occasionally rumbles and shakes with an average of 10 occurring per day. In the video above, Meteorologist Mitchel Coombs continues the deep dive into ...

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University of Nevada, Reno faculty can offer expertise regarding earthquakes, simulation, impacts on structures, tectonics and more. Email the University communications team to schedule an interview.