A seismograph is an instrument used by scientists to measure the motions of the Earth's surface. A seismograph is a simple pendulum. When the ground shakes, the base and frame of the instrument move ...

Earth's tectonic plates are in constant motion and, because the plates are not all moving in the same direction, the boundaries where they meet are often violent places. Boundaries where two plates ...

Mike Darnay is a digital producer and photojournalist at CBS Pittsburgh. Mike has also written and produced content for Vox Media and the Mon Valley Independent. He often covers overnight breaking ...

Seismologists study earthquakes by looking at the damage that was caused and by using seismometers. A seismometer is an instrument that records the shaking of the Earth's surface caused by seismic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Did you feel your house shake Friday morning? You weren't imagining it. Around 10:25 a.m. on Friday, an earthquake strong enough ...

For decades, China’s middle school students were introduced to the world’s first seismograph through an image in their history textbooks: a large, bronze urn with eight dragons perched the same ...

Using different colors of paint and a map of Christchurch, this machine lays down beautiful portraits of New Zealand’s deadly earthquakes. Photo: James Boock New Zealand is one of the world’s foremost ...

A quaking planet means wobbly picturesESO/A Klotz (TAROT) Editor at Large Scientists have gotten awfully good at the business of seismography. At any moment, the Global Seismograph Network (GSM), a ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Country music star, Garth Brooks, performed in front of a sold out crowd at Tiger Stadium Saturday, April 30. When the singer performed crowd favorite ‘Callin’ Baton Rouge’ ...