"By developing physics-based forecasting models and reducing the risk of human-induced earthquakes, we could increase the ...

Offshore oil and gas exploration uses deafening seismic surveys that generate the loudest human sounds in the ocean, short of those made by explosives. Seismic testing involves blasting the seafloor ...

The seismic activity rattling Santorini and other Greek islands is not over and the biggest quake yet could be still to come, a seismologist has warned. Rémy Bossu, Secretary-General of the ...

In fact, a geophysicist with USGS said a 4.7 Magnitude quake near Falls City on February 17 of last year could set a national record for being the strongest human-induced earthquake in the United ...

According to the USGS, fracking, mining and building dams have all been attributed to induced seismicity, where an earthquake is caused by human activity. In the south-central United States ...

Explosions take place daily as a consequence of construction activity but they are seismically quiet. Their sound and tremor are observed in the vicinity of the site. Human-induced earthquakes have ...

Quakes up to a magnitude of five have been recorded in the region since Friday, with the island's mayor warning that seismic activity could continue for weeks. It has been described by Greek Prime ...