People in B.C. regularly have earthquake drills at school and work, trying to prepare for what’s known as “the big one.” The ...

Predicting earthquakes has long been an unattainable fantasy. Factors like odd animal behaviors that have historically been thought to forebode earthquakes are not supported by empirical evidence. As ...

Earthquakes happen daily, sometimes with devastating consequences, yet predicting them remains out of reach. What scientists can do is map the hidden layers beneath the surface that control how ...

Scientists uncover hidden faults beneath Northern California’s Mendocino triple junction. The discovery reshapes ...

A small town in California was hit by earthquakes once every 22 years for over a century, setting the stage for a major seismic experiment in the 1980s and 90s. But the quake ended up being 11 years ...

A new three-dimensional model of the fault beneath the Marmara Sea in Türkiye reveals where a future major earthquake could take place, as reported by researchers from Science Tokyo. Using ...

PASADENA, Calif. -- A powerful earthquake in Myanmar earlier this year is leading scientists to rethink how we predict future earthquakes. A new study from CalTech sheds light on the behavior of the ...

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Examples abound of animals appearing to predict natural disasters, with anecdotes dating back as far as Ancient Greece, when the historian Thucydides wrote of rats, weasels, snakes and dogs deserting ...

Throughout history, there have been many anecdotes indicating that animals can predict natural disasters. In 1975, for ...

PASADENA, Calif. (KABC) -- A powerful earthquake in Myanmar earlier this year is leading scientists to rethink how we predict future earthquakes. A new study from CalTech sheds light on the behavior ...