Earthquakes

Residents walk among debris in the village of Sugian on Indonesia's Lombok Island on August 21st, 2018, after a series of recent earthquakes.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

An Indonesian search-and-rescue team looks for victims under a collapsed mosque following an earthquake on August 7th, 2018, in Lombok Island, Indonesia.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

A new study shows how technology developed to study earthquakes could help conservationists monitor elephant populations from afar.

• By Kate Wheeling

In Oklahoma, major earthquakes—virtually unknown in the state until the fracking boom—depress property values.

• By Tom Jacobs

The 7.3-magnitude earthquake killed more than 400 people and injured thousands.

• By Emily Moon

Rescuers make the signal for silence during the search for survivors in a flattened building in Mexico City on September 21st, 2017, two days after a strong quake hit central Mexico, killing at least 240 people.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

The quake comes just 11 days after a magnitude 8.2 earthquake rocked the southern part of the country.

• By Morgan Baskin

The death toll for the magnitude 8.2 earthquake has risen to 35.

• By Kate Wheeling

Probably not, but the history behind that rumor is fascinating.

• By Rick Paulas

Saving the lake—and the two million people who live on its shores—will require something miraculous: a bilateral partnership between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

• By Laura Turner

It's not necessarily a life-or-death service, but those anti-quake towers bolster morale—and the economy.

• By Francie Diep

A complicated blend of economics, culture, and infrastructure make it hard to find any right way to restore a city after disaster.

• By Wes Judd

And other conspiracy theories.

• By Nicholas Jackson

It's a lot of information overload, but there's some useful stuff in there too.

• By Francie Diep

Don't believe the Triangle of Life: Earthquake survival is far more complex than seeking a small triangular space in the debris.

• By Katie Kilkenny

Quakes may offer scientific clues about planets' interiors.

• By Francie Diep

A short list of the stories we wish we’d written.

• By Kate Wheeling

Research shows that it's hard to get people to worry about future disasters.

• By Max Ufberg

In fact, it may be healthy not to.

• By Francie Diep

But new research insights about the power of the Ventura Fault might change that, along with the risks for many other structures along the Southern California coast.

• By Ryan Jacobs

This wasn't the first earthquake to cause considerable damage to the South Asian country—and it won't be the last.

• By Nicholas Jackson

In the past, earthquakes have been blamed on everything from dragons to whales.

• By Kate Wheeling

Disaster movies provide audiences more than just entertainment.

• By Wes Judd

A lot depends on the nutritional and health status of disaster victims before disaster struck.

• By Francie Diep