Twitter is quickly becoming the lens into all that moves us as individuals and also as a global society. Twitter has become a human seismograph, measuring and broadcasting the pulse of not just the ...

A seismograph is an instrument used by scientists to measure the motions of the Earth's surface. A seismograph is a simple pendulum. When the ground shakes, the base and frame of the instrument move ...

Did you feel your house shake Friday morning? You weren't imagining it. Around 10:25 a.m. on Friday, an earthquake strong enough to be felt on the SouthCoast was reported in the north central region ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. (WSET) — While Metallica rocks Lane Stadium this evening, something else may very well be shaking on Tech's campus. Dr. Martin Chapman, a seismologist at Virginia Tech, says the ...

Was that a tremor you just felt? You don’t have to be a seismologist to answer that question — not if you have the Raspberry Shake, that is. Branded as a “professional-grade personal seismograph” that ...

SONORA, Ky. (FOX 56) — A seismograph in Sonora, Kentucky, was reportedly able to detect a 7.6-magnitude earthquake in the Cayman Islands on Saturday evening. The National Weather Service (NWS) posted ...

When an earthquake occurs, the waves from them are able to be picked up on sophisticated earthquake monitoring devices known as seismographs. These seismographs can help detect how strong an ...

Scientists have gotten awfully good at the business of seismography. At any moment, the Global Seismograph Network (GSM), a web of 150 instruments arrayed around the world, is reliably taking the ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) — An 8.2 magnitude earthquake rumbled off the coast of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska at around 2:15 a.m. EST Thursday, which was 10:15 p.m. Wednesday in Alaska. This earthquake ...

Using different colors of paint and a map of Christchurch, this machine lays down beautiful portraits of New Zealand’s deadly earthquakes. Photo: James Boock New Zealand is one of the world’s foremost ...

MEDIA, Pa. — A viral tweet claiming home runs hit by the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 3 of the World Series registered on a seismometer has been debunked. The tweet boasts home runs by Bryce Harper ...