You might remember the picture of Disaster Girl th...  ...Callahan's mother, pictured after the Long Beach earthquake of 1933. Link -via Buzzfeed

Some residents in the Upper Midwest were surpr...  ...e Upper Midwest were surprised to be shaken by an earthquake last night. The United States Geological Survey...  ...United States Geological Survey reported that the earthquake , which had an estimated magnitude of 4.3, was cen...  ...said that the tremor wa...

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG5w7oo-va...  ...several seconds before any humans could feel the earthquake

Image: Physorg.com How do you earthquake -proof a building? Apparently it involves allowin...  ...lds a building together through a magnitude-seven earthquake , and even pulls it back upright on its foundation...  ...http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-09/new- earthquake...

Earthquake -prone Japan has a market for these suits that you...  ...s so that they can survive for days after a major earthquake . Each suit contains all of the necessary gear in...

Today, Japanese scientists are going to shake...  ...ilding on a table to simulate a 7.5 Richter scale earthquake and evaluate its effects on the structure: “...  ...s on the structure: “We’re taking it to an earthquake level that’s associated with being on the verge...  .... The table will simulat...