A Google-developed system turns Android phones into earthquake detectors, sending real-time alerts seconds before shaking ...

A new study shows the Google's Global Earthquake System detects quakes using motion sensors in billions of smartphones.

Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, wrecked by a tsunami in 2011, fled, fearing the up to five-feet-tall ...

Countries with the most earthquakes are often located near the boundaries of tectonic plates, where seismic activity is most ...

A powerful 8.8-magnitude earthquake has struck Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, triggering tsunami warnings for Japan, Alaska, Hawaii, and New Zealand. Coastal areas in Russia and Japan have already seen ...

The 2023 earthquake in southern Turkey exposed serious flaws in Google’s Android alerts, leaving millions at risk when it mattered most.

One of the world’s most powerful earthquakes—magnitude 8.8—struck Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, triggering tsunami warnings across Japan, Alaska, Hawaii, and parts of the US West Coast. Over 900,000 ...