Moving a capital city: learning from when the earth moves
14 November 2023Indonesia plans to build a new capital city from scratch. Protecting the new city from the effects of earthquakes will be crucial. Here's how researchers are helping.
Cambridge engineer to co-lead earthquake reconnaissance mission to Turkey
13 February 2023Professor Emily So will lead a UK response to uncover the causes of the extensive damage and loss of life
Scientists 'see' puzzling features deep in Earth’s interior
19 May 2022New research led by the University of Cambridge is the first to obtain a detailed 'image' of an unusual pocket of rock at the boundary layer with Earth’s core, some three thousand kilometres beneath the surface.
Rock crystals from the deep give microscopic clues to earthquake ground movements
24 June 2021Microscopic imperfections in rock crystals deep beneath Earth’s surface play a deciding factor in how the ground slowly moves and resets in the aftermath of major earthquakes, says new research involving the University of Cambridge.
Machine learning used to predict earthquakes in a lab setting
23 October 2017A group of researchers from the UK and the US have used machine learning techniques to successfully predict earthquakes. Although their work was performed in a laboratory setting, the experiment closely mimics real-life conditions, and the results could be used to predict the timing of a real earthquake.
'Extreme sleepover #18' – rebuilding earthquake-shattered Christchurch
22 September 2016Kristen MacAskill describes how an earthquake in her hometown served to influence her career as an engineer.
Earthquake rocks Afghanistan and Pakistan – an area prone to magnitude 7 quakes
27 October 2015Professor Simon Redfern (Department of Earth Sciences) discusses the devastating earthquake that struck Afghanistan on October 26 and the geological triggers that caused it.
Earthquakes without frontiers
26 October 2015The Alpine–Himalayan belt, which stretches from the Mediterranean to the Pacific, is one of the world’s most seismically active regions. Now, a combination of earth science, social science and education is being used to help the region become more resilient to earthquakes, protecting lives and property.
Perspectives on the Nepal earthquake
28 April 2015As the death toll continues to rise in Nepal, Senior Lecturer Dr Ian Willis, and PhD student Evan Miles, from the Scott Polar Research Institute contemplate the fate of people in a remote part of the country, where they have been doing research for the past two years.
Nepal shows its vulnerability after devastating earthquake
27 April 2015Following the devastating earthquake that struck Nepal this weekend, Simon Redfern, Professor in Earth Sciences at University of Cambridge, explains in The Conversation how a combination of factors has come together with fatal consequences.
