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Learn about an app used to build an early warning network for earthquakes
Listen to what the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989 taught about seismology, early warning system, earthquake preparedness and the role of the Berkeley seismology lab
How Japan prepares for potential earthquakes
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How earthquakes are measured: Demonstrating magnitude
We're picking up earthquake vibrations.
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How scientists study tremors and other seismic activities
Seismic sensors such as geophones, broadband packages, and strong-motion instruments...
Video: Displayed by permission of The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
MyShake earthquake early warning app
Researchers develop the MyShake earthquake early warning system that can deliver...
Video: Displayed by permission of The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Learn about an app used to build an early warning network for earthquakes
A scientist from the UC Berkeley Seismology Lab in 2016 describing the MyShake app,...
Video: Displayed by permission of The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Listen to what the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989 taught about seismology, early warning system, earthquake preparedness and the role of the Berkeley seismology lab
A discussion of the lessons learned from the Loma Prieta (San Francisco–Oakland)...
Video: Displayed by permission of The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
How Japan prepares for potential earthquakes
Amid predictions that Tokyo will be struck by a major earthquake by 2040, local officials...
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail © Norman Chan/Dreamstime.com; © Oleksandr Khoma/Dreamstime.com
Learn through an animation about the formation of the volcanic island chains like Hawaii and Samoa
A computer visualization of the process by which volcanic island chains are formed....
Video: Displayed by permission of The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
How skyscrapers in Mexico City withstand earthquakes
Learn more about the Mexico City earthquake of 1985 and the Torre Mayor office building...
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail © Enrique Gomez Tamez/Dreamstime.com

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seismograph data
Seismic wave data being recorded by a seismograph during an earthquake.
© Wf Sihardian—EyeEm/Getty Images
Press-Ewing seismograph
The Press-Ewing seismograph, developed in the United States for recording long-period...
M. Van Camp/Royal Observatory of Belgium.
physical clues for earthquake prediction
Chart graphing the physical clues for earthquake prediction.
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