http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (Phys.org)—On Thursday, Oct. 18, at 10:18 a.m. PDT, more than 9.3 million Californians, including employees at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., "dropped, covered and held on" during the 5th annual Great California ShakeOut, the world's largest earthquake drill. The purpose of the ShakeOut is to encourage people and organizations to be prepared to survive and recover when the next big earthquake happens. http://phys.org/news269854286.html Space & Earth Fri, 19 Oct 2012 08:31:37 EST news269854286 The Camarillo fold belt (CFB) in the Western Transverse Ranges poses a significant seismic hazard to nearly one million people living in Southern California, yet few published geologic or geochronological data from this fold belt exist. http://phys.org/news252159642.html Space & Earth Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:20:01 EST news252159642 In 1923, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake devastated the Tokyo area, resulting in more than 100,000 deaths. About 200 years earlier, in 1703, a magnitude 8.2 earthquake struck the same region, causing more than 10,000 deaths. http://phys.org/news247247272.html Space & Earth Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:20:01 EST news247247272 The Seismological Lab at the University of Nevada, Reno is finishing the first phase of seismic surveying through downtown as part of U.S. Geological Survey study to create an earthquake hazard map in the Reno-Carson City urban corridor. http://phys.org/news164381802.html Space & Earth Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:38:10 EST news164381802 (PhysOrg.com) -- The New Madrid fault system does not behave as earthquake hazard models assume and may be in the process of shutting down, a new study shows. http://phys.org/news156169464.html Space & Earth Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:24:56 EST news156169464