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Honolulu beside a calm sea in 2017. A JPL technology recently detected and confirmed a tsunami up to 45 minutes prior to detection by tide gauges in Hawaii, and it estimated the speed of the wave to be over 580 miles per hour (260 meters per second) near the coast. (Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech)

NASA’s GUARDIAN Tsunami Detection catches wave in real time

September 16, 2025

A massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami off Russia in late July tested an experimental detection system that had deployed a critical component just the day before.


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For the first time, researchers at Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, quickly and efficiently measure the seafloor down to the centimeter-level using a UAV. (Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo)

Advancing earthquake prediction with a UAV

July 24, 2025

Researchers demonstrate a seaplane-type UAV using GNSS-A can precisely measure seafloor deformation Megathrust earthquakes are large earthquakes that […]


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GNSS receivers can detect disturbances in the ionosphere by measuring delays and changes in electromagnetic radio signals. (Credit: Weizheng Fu, Nagoya University)

GNSS receivers show how earthquake sound waves move

May 29, 2025

Scientists at Nagoya University used Japan’s extensive network of GNSS receivers to create the first 3D images of atmospheric disturbances caused by the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake.


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Scientists map fast-moving fault off Alaska

August 7, 2018

U.S. researchers have completed the first high-resolution, comprehensive mapping of one of the fastest moving underwater tectonic faults […]


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