Earthquake

A round-up of images from Viewfinder, Pacific Standard's daily photo feature.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

The United States is still without a proper early warning system for alerting citizens about an earthquake, but that is about to change.

• By Chau Tu

Rescue workers stand guard in front of a cordon as the Yun Tsui apartment building leans to one side after an overnight earthquake in Hualien, Taiwan, on February 7th, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

A major seismic event in the state is an inevitability, but is the government doing enough to prepare for the disaster?

• By Richard Aster

After witnessing the rampant spread of misinformation in the wake of the September 19th earthquake, a group of Mexico City residents worked diligently to discredit false claims.

• By Madeleine Wattenbarger

Researchers analyze mathematics of rapid change in complex systems and find room for improvement—and hints at mitigation.

• By Nathan Collins

When United Nations peacekeepers inadvertently started a cholera epidemic in Haiti, victims expected compensation from the world’s foremost human rights arbiter. What does it mean if they can’t get it?

• By M. Sophia Newman

A variety of oil and natural gas activities cause earthquakes, and mitigating the risks will require new tools and new openness from industry.

• By Nathan Collins

The Tokyo Electric Power company is apologizing to nearby residents once again as tons of radioactive water leak from its busted tanks.

• By Sarah Sloat