A new study suggests using fiber optic cables on the ocean floor could track underwater fault ruptures and improve earthquake ...

Undersea telecom cables may do double-duty as earthquake detectors By Ben Coxworth November 29, 2019 A map showing the fiber optic cable involved in the study, with the tested portion highlighted in ...

Last winter, the magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck miles off the California coast, prompting tsunami warnings for coastal regions and setting off aftershocks. This quake occurred in a highly active area ...

The cable that is providing millions of people with internet access, and even the cable you have running to your router - heck, the same fiber optic cable that is going into my router here as I type ...

Deaths from high voltage wires could be prevented by using cheap and simple cable detectors. A farmer in Cornwall is the latest in a series of deaths over the years as the result of accidentally ...

EARTH is observed as never before. Satellites track typhoons, monitor volcanic-ash plumes and catalogue the changing ways in which human beings use the land. The sort of high-quality imagery that, a ...

When it comes to earthquakes, the earlier the warning, the better. While current seismometers can pick up minor tremors with precision, they're relatively short-ranged and expensive, but now, a ...