Opinion 5 lessons from past earthquakes to navigate Turkey’s tragedy February 7, 2023 More than 2 years ago 4 min ...

As concluded in Lesson 4, earthquakes are associated with displacements on faults. Faults lock and a displacement occurs when the stress across the fault builds up to a sufficient level to cause ...

K CROWLEY, NÉE DONOVAN, J R ELLIOTT, Earthquake disasters and resilience in the global North: lessons from New Zealand and Japan, The Geographical Journal, Vol. 178, No. 3 (September 2012), pp.

Two years later, geologists still puzzle over Tohoku. During the earthquake, the giant offshore fault that ruptured behaved differently near the surface than it did deep below the Earth's crust.

Earthquakes are part of nature but do not have to be disasters. DW looks at some countries that are showing how preparation, innovation, and determination can save lives.

Surviving the Japanese Earthquake: A Lesson in Courage and Grace “There was a small quake this morning, but I’m sure the Japanese weren’t even nervous.” ...

On Sept. 6, Berkeley historian Richard Schwartz will speak about the 1868 Hayward earthquake. The talk is free. Just a few seats remain.

Christchurch, New Zealand, nearly flattened by a 2011 earthquake, offers an urgent lesson for California.

The 5.4 magnitude earthquake that struck near Los Angeles yesterday just before noon was felt as far east as Las Vegas and as far south as San Diego. Since the quake, whose epicenter was about 28 ...

The earthquake in Japan in July 2007 - which led to the extended safe shutdown of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant - has more than rekindled global interest in the issue of seismic safety.