Seismologists study earthquakes by looking at the damage that was caused and by using seismometers. A seismometer is an instrument that records the shaking of the Earth's surface caused by seismic ...

The latest on the restoration efforts from BC Hydro can be found here. Seismographs are designed to detect vibrations caused ...

Abstract: China’s Lunar Exploration plans to deploy Lunar Seismograph on the moon’s surface to detect moon-quakes ... matching the signals detected by a co-located commercial seismometer with residual ...

As scientists in the northwest work to increase seismic monitoring in the region, they’re now shifting focus to areas beyond metro populations, adding more seismometers to volcanoes and planning ...

Aquatic optics support a variety of applications, including remote sensing and environmental change research, in the Aquatic Chemistry Laboratory located in the Great Lakes Research Center. Through ...

When Jackie Caplan-Auerbach, a volcano seismologist and professor of geophysics at Western Washington University, saw a post on social media asking about how Taylor Swift concerts might register on ...

Twelve skeletons have been found in a large, 2,000-year-old tomb directly in front of the Khazneh ("Treasury") in the city of Petra in Jordan. Alongside them, excavators have discovered grave ...

Our testers felt every twist and turn when another tester got in and out of bed, and our seismometer (which measures motion transfer) showed significant movement after dropping a steel ball on the ...

Seismographs started swinging to the same tone from the same location. This newsletter rocks. Get the most fascinating science news stories of the week in your inbox every Friday. Seismometers ...