Moderate shaking was reported with a magnitude 3.9 earthquake near Dublin, Calif. Residents in San Francisco, Fremont and ...

One useful development is the use of earthquake alert systems in smartphones. These alerts can give people a few valuable seconds to get to safety before the shaking starts. Yes, modern smartphones ...

Save the Children’s emergency experts share 10 earthquake safety tips including what you can do before, during and after an earthquake. Explain to your child what could happen, using simple, ...

Update, Thursday, Oct. 19: A notification for today’s regularly scheduled earthquake drill at 10:19 a.m. went off at 3:19 a.m. instead, NBC Bay Area reported and the USGS confirmed on X/Twitter.

Many British Columbians received an alert on their phone after a 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck B.C.'s Sunshine Coast on Friday afternoon. The alert notified people that an earthquake had been ...

However, some of its seismic safety is more about mindset than ... buoys outfitted with sensors monitor for tsunamis. As with earthquake alerts, the Japan Meteorological Agency uses TV, radio ...

Earthquake alerts on smartphones offer precious seconds to seek safety by using built-in accelerometers to detect tremors. The Android Earthquake Alerts System, which Google expanded to India in ...