Recently, the people of the city of Kolkata witnessed the earthquake for a short time; individuals ran out of high-rise offices to the streets in panic. Thanks to the internet, we’ve all seen it.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wendy Bohon, branch chief of seismic hazards and earthquake Engineering for the California Geological Survey, holds framed ...

Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg is the former executive producer and general manager of Atlantic Studios at The Atlantic.

Wendy Bohon approached a table at the California Geological Survey library in Sacramento and began to give Puck’s closing speech from William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Only this time, ...

Google’s Android Earthquake Alerts system crowdsources data from smartphone accelerometers to detect seismic activity. The system has detected over 18,000 earthquakes and alerted millions across ...