Swiss Schools Get Their Own Seismometers to Shake Up Earthquake Awareness
A nationwide Swiss programme has installed 46 low-cost seismometers in secondary schools and published multilingual teaching modules to raise earthquake ...
Tag: seismic hazard
Faint Tremors Beneath Mexico Reveal Earthquake-Like Patterns Deep in a Subduction Zone
A new statistical analysis of non-volcanic tremor along the Mexican Subduction Zone reveals earthquake-like scaling, strong long-term persistence, and evidence ...
Massive Open Dataset Captures Shaking from 667 Colombian Earthquakes
An open-access compilation of 7550 uniformly processed recordings from 667 shallow Colombian earthquakes promises to sharpen seismic hazard maps and ...
Earthquake Deaths Fall Worldwide Even as Disasters and Losses Rise, 45-Year Study Finds
A 45-year global analysis shows recorded earthquake disasters and economic losses have increased since 1980, while deaths relative to population ...
Why Ignoring Uncertainty in Natural Hazard Forecasts Would Be Absurd, Scientists Warn
A multidisciplinary task force argues that natural hazard sciences must adopt a shared hierarchy of uncertainties and complete forecasts that ...
Tunnel-Form Buildings Could Slash Earthquake Losses to Under One Percent of Construction Costs
A first-of-its-kind life-cycle cost analysis shows that concrete tunnel-form buildings, even without special ductility detailing, keep expected earthquake losses below ...
New Model Captures the Deadly Velocity Pulses That Shake Cities Near Faults
Researchers have developed an empirical model that predicts the destructive velocity pulses of near-fault ground motion from earthquake magnitude, distance, ...
Two Mapping Methods Converge on Bangladesh’s Most Dangerous Earthquake Zones
A new comparative study combining probabilistic seismic hazard analysis and AHP-based susceptibility mapping identifies Barkal in Rangamati and a band ...
Green Buildings May Be Fragile: New Framework Reveals Hidden Carbon Cost of Disruption
A new systematic review of 40 building life cycle assessment studies reveals that conventional LCA cannot measure resilience, and proposes ...
Afghanistan’s Deadly 2025 Earthquake Reveals a Wider Seismic Threat Than Mapped Faults Suggest
Satellite radar and field observations of the 2025 Mw 6.0 Asadabad-Kunar earthquake show that deformation in eastern Afghanistan was spread ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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