Modern seismology owes much to the Western scientists and engineers who, while serving as teachers and technical advisors in Meiji Japan, designed and produced seismic instruments, recorded ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. – Here is something fun, Hokie fans made an impact during Wednesday night’s Metallica concert, literally. A reading from Wednesday night at the Virginia Tech Seismological Observatory ...

Seismographs are usually used to measure when pieces of the earth slam into each other, but they’re pretty good at measuring whenever Metallica is on the stage. The legendary rock group recently ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — On July 29, 2025, a powerful earthquake struck near the Kamchatka Peninsula in eastern Russia, registering an 8.8 on the Richter scale. The earthquake also generated a tsunami, which ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - An 8.8 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Russia triggered a tsunami warning for Alaska, Hawaii, and parts of the West Coast. It was not felt by humans in Kentucky, but ...

The seismography lab shows readings from the quake, including it's intensity and direction. "This was a very big earthquake...the top five or six since seismographs were invented," said Dr. Martin ...