Using AI to predict earthquakes: Machine learning detects subtle changes before lab-scale fault failures

Predicting earthquakes has long been an unattainable fantasy. Factors like odd animal behaviors that have historically been ...
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It’s Richter Scale Day! (You know we have earthquakes here, right?)

(WHTM) — April 26 is the birthday of Seismologist Charles Richter, co-creator with Beno Gutenberg of the Richter Scale, which measures the intensity of earthquakes. In the early 1930s, the field of ...
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Measuring Earthquakes With More Than Just One Scale

Earthquakes seem to be at their cruelest when striking developing nations like Nepal. A research center has tried to calculate how vulnerable... When a major earthquake pummeled Kobe, Japan, in 1995, ...
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Hurricane And Earthquake Scales Often Confuse People - Why That's Dangerous

On July 6th, sports fans like me tuned in to the NBA summer league to watch the debut of Zion Williamson and R.J. Barrett, two highly anticipated rookies. I never expected the ESPN commentators to do ...

Dec. 4: Earthquake measuring 2.1 struck region near Alder Springs, CA

TEHAMA COUNTY, CA - Thursday morning, a preliminary 2.1 magnitude quake was recorded near Alder Springs, according to the U.S ...

Magnitude 5.7 Earthquake Strikes Southwestern Japan: Impact and Insights

PM, a significant earthquake registering a magnitude of 5.7 struck Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan. This seismic event, as reported by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), serves as a ...