December 6, 2017
A decade after beginning work on an earthquake early warning system, scientists and engineers are fine-tuning a US West Coast prototype that could be in limited public use in 2018.

Seismic stations that contribute to ShakeAlert as of October 2017.
Credit: SRL

A decade after beginning work on an earthquake early warning system, scientists and engineers are fine-tuning a U.S. West Coast prototype that could be in limited public use in 2018.

November 30, 2017

After an earthquake, there is a disturbance in the field of gravity almost instantaneously. This could be recorded before the seismic waves. Researchers have managed to observe these weak signals and to understand where they come from. Because they are sensitive to the magnitude of earthquakes, these signals may play an important role in the early identification of the occurrence of a major earthquake.

Seismograph.

At least 437 people were killed and more than 7,600 others injured after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck near Iran's border with Iraq, authorities said Monday.
In Iran, rescuers who worked through dozens of aftershocks and were hindered by landslides ended their efforts late Monday night/early Tuesday morning, the country's top emergency management official, Pir-Hossein Kolivand said, according to Reuters.
Many houses in rural areas of Iran are made of mud bricks that can crumble easily in a quake.
The official Islamic Republic News Agency in Iran said the quake killed 430 people and injured at least 7,100. And Iraq's Interior Ministry confirmed that seven people in the neighboring country were killed by the quake, with 535 people wounded.
Other reports put the death toll in Iran at more than 450.

October 23, 2017
University of Washington
The largest number yet of detailed simulations for how a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake might play out provides a clearer picture of what the region can expect when the fault unleashes a 9.0 earthquake.

Simulation parameters for the scenario that generated the least shaking in the Seattle area.
Credit: Erin Wirth/University of Washington/USGS