It explains how seismographs detect seismic waves and calculate the earthquake's distance and magnitude, which was estimated at 7.1. The film highlights the devastation caused in Turkey ...

In a normal earthquake, the built-up tensions in ... of rumbling was also overprinted with what seemed to be the P- and S- waves of tiny tremors, explains Lomax, who spotted the faint pings ...

The first known earthquake detector was invented in 132 A.D. by the ... The waves that arrive between the P and S waves are waves that started out as P waves, but bounced off of features in the Earth ...

When earthquake energy is sent into these sedimentary ... of the waves that make you motion sick, versus the jittery P and S waves you get earlier,” Page said. Times staff writers Jim Buzinski ...

Taiwan was struck by an earthquake about 71 kilometers (44.1 miles) south of Hualien City, monitoring agencies said. The United States Geological Survey reported the quake had a magnitude of 5.9 and ...

This event in the Pacific Northwest could cause an unprecedented rise in sea levels that can displace land and water, sinking three major cities.

The earthquake occurred around 1:30 p.m. local time (2:30 a.m. ET) at a depth of 6 miles near Mandalay, the second-largest city in Myanmar, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It was followed ...

When and where did the earthquake occur? According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the earthquake hit around 12:50 p.m. local time (1:50 a.m. ET) on Friday, approximately 10 miles northwest ...