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Why Your Phone May Get a Loud Earthquake Test Alert This Week — and How the MyShake App Works

Find out how California’s MyShake earthquake app works, what to expect from emergency test alerts and how to set up your ...

I'm an Insurance Pro: Everyone Needs to Prepare for Earthquakes, Even if You Don't Live Near a Fault Line

Here are my tips for what to do before, during and after an earthquake. The more prepared you are, the more you'll be able to ...

Oregon and California fault lines could be synchronized when 'The Big One' hits, Oregon researchers say

OSU researchers find Cascadia Subduction Zone and San Andreas Fault may be synchronized — with the potential for quakes on ...
Science Daily

Earthquakes release blistering heat that can melt rock in an instant

MIT scientists have unraveled the hidden energy balance of earthquakes by recreating them in the lab. Their findings show that while only a sliver of energy goes into the shaking we feel on the ...
Phys.org

Geologists discover where energy goes during an earthquake

The ground-shaking that an earthquake generates is only a fraction of the total energy that a quake releases. A quake can also generate a flash of heat, along with a domino-like fracturing of ...