MIT community galvanizes support for earthquake relief efforts
Community members are working on fundraising efforts in the wake of recent quakes in Ecuador and Japan.
Triggered earthquakes give insight into changes below Earth’s surface
Quakes can change elastic properties of the Earth’s crust up to 6,000 kilometers away.
MIT’s response to earthquake in Nepal
MIT supports recovery and learning following earthquake in Nepal.
Help rebuild an MIT-inspired school destroyed by Nepal’s earthquakes
The Bloom Nepal School, founded on MIT's "mens-et-manus" ethos, was destroyed by the Nepal earthquakes. Learn how you can help the school rebuild.
Students raise donations and awareness after Nepal earthquake
The Nepali Students Association at MIT has raised more than $26,000 to support relief for last month's earthquake in Nepal.
Preparing Boston for the "big one"
MIT-SUTD postdoctoral fellow Ornella Iuorio explores structural retrofits to improve earthquake preparedness in Boston’s Back Bay.
Seismic gap may be filled by an earthquake near Istanbul
After tracking seismic shifts, researchers say a major quake may occur off the coast of Istanbul.
Researchers use ocean waves to predict seismic shaking in Southern California
Results show a rupture of the San Andreas Fault could generate three times more shaking in Los Angeles than surrounding regions.
Study faults a ‘runaway’ mechanism in intermediate-depth earthquakes
Researchers find immense heating at high pressures helps spread intermediate-depth quakes.
Photo finish: Sloanies team up to create Bounce Imaging
Low-cost camera targeted for first responders, military
Researchers find building seismic strain in Azerbaijan
Deformation caused by colliding tectonic plates may threaten Azerbaijani capital, oil supplies to Europe.
MIT Japan 3/11 Initiative focuses on reconstruction
A series of focused efforts in disaster resiliency
MIT Japan 3.11 Initiative receives grant
Project prepares for year two in its response to Japan's disaster.
Robert Whitman, longtime CEE professor, dies at 84
World-renowned geotechnical engineer and earthquake expert worked at MIT for more than 40 years.