earthquake

NSF-funded CareDEX project tests Internet of Things technologies in mock emergency

Stacked in gravity-defying arrangements in the western San Bernardino Mountains, near the San Andreas Fault, granite boulders that should have been toppled by earthquakes long ago resolutely remain. In exploring why these rocks still stand, researchers have uncovered connections between Southern California’s San Jacinto and San Andreas faults that could change how the region plans for future earthquakes.

The massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Chile in February 2010 left thousands homeless, caused billions of dollars in damages and triggered a deadly tsunami. The psychological impact of such traumatic events over time is the focus of an ongoing research collaboration between UC Irvine psychologists and Chilean academic and government officials. The quake — the […]

Doctoral candidate gauges infrastructure vulnerability to natural disasters.

Fundraiser taps into Japanese culture to send UCI’s best wishes to earthquake, tsunami victims.

UCI seismologist Lisa Grant Ludwig finds far more frequent earthquakes along the San Andreas fault.

UCI staff member Bernadette Strobel-Lopez makes weekly trek to bring basic necessities to victims of the Mexicali earthquake.

It took scarcely 35 seconds Jan. 12 for a magnitude 7.0 earthquake to cripple Haiti, flattening its capital and killing more than 200,000 people, but it will take many years for the island nation to recover. While devastating quakes have since struck in Chile, Japan and elsewhere, Haiti’s situation is unique. Desperately poor before the […]

New information about the inner workings of earthquake faults could change how experts estimate the potential for the next “big one,” according to UC Irvine researchers.

Earthquake simulations offer young students the thrills – and spills – of university research