If the ocean floor had a nervous system, it might look something like this: thousands of miles of fiber-optic cables ...

Japan has developed an undersea warning system that can detect earthquakes 20 seconds before they reach land, significantly ...

Since their first implementation in Mexico and Japan, earthquake early-warning (EEW) systems have provided critical advance ...

Japan's new earthquake-sensing nervous system spans ocean fault zones, boosting tsunami warnings by up to 20 minutes and ...

Japan launches worlds first underwater earthquake early warning system with 6,000 km of fiber optics Japan unveils pioneering fiber optic network for seismic safety and disaster preparedness ...

It is the density of that network that has allowed them to create the new earthquake forecasting system. When the Earth ruptures down below a warning is sent to the surface so fast it arrives before ...

Google and UC Berkeley have turned Android smartphones into lifesaving earthquake detectors, now operating in 98 countries ...

Japan has completed the world’s most advanced undersea earthquake and tsunami detection system—3,500+ miles of fiber-optic ...

Study reveals how the tech behemoth is using the motions sensors on phones to expand quake warnings to more countries.

Many lives were saved last Friday because of the combination of stricter building codes and early-warning systems. The deadliest earthquake in Japan so far is the Sept. 1, 1923, Great Kanto ...

Some early detection systems gather data from sensors placed in various areas around an earthquake zone, compile it and then issue a warning for a region. The process can take as long as 30 ...

Seismic Warning Systems, a California-based earthquake early warning company is in the spotlight after the Japan earthquake. The company approaches earthquake detection differently.