This video segment adapted from NOVA tells the tragic story of two Japanese seismologists who disagreed about the threat of earthquakes in the early twentieth century. Today, seismologists in California offer residents a probability of...

In this video segment adapted from NOVA, a geologist digs a trench along the San Andreas Fault to reveal three thousand years of earthquake history. Information from the layers of sediment may help geologists to predict earthquakes.3m 19s

Experts warn that an offshore quake powerful enough to discharge a tsunami could hit the U.S. West Coast anytime. QUEST Northwest talks with geologists and seismologists about cutting edge research in earthquake prediction, and what it...

The sad truth is that earthquakes are inevitable, but there are ways to lessen their devastation. Watch this fascinating video on the deadliest earthquakes. Follow a team of US geologists as they try to determine exactly what happened in...

Can new forms of seismic monitoring be used to predict earthquakes?