A team lead by Department of Astronomy, Beijing Normal University, recently proposed a promising plan to detect gravitational waves (GWs) by putting seismometers on the moon's surface. Their research ...

One seismometer is often not enough to reliably detect earthquakes or human activity such as underground nuclear tests.

Another update from the surface of Mars, as NASA’s InSight lander has successfully deployed its first instrument onto the planet’s surface. This week the lander placed its copper-colored seismometer ...

A seismometer sitting nearly 12 stories below ground is helping scientists detect earthquakes.

Scientists show that an ocean-bottom seismometer deployed close to the calving front of a glacier in Greenland can detect continuous seismic radiation from a glacier sliding, reminiscent of a slow ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. NASA's ...

Google’s Android earthquake alert system warned 11.4 million people ahead of Venezuela’s June 24 earthquakes. Here’s how it ...

This curious phenomenon was documented by the seismometer at the University of Bergen, which recorded slight vibrations ...

For those outside the rocking and rolling of California’s tectonic plate, earthquakes probably don’t come up on a daily basis as a topic of conversation. Regardless, the instrument to measure them is ...