Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. NASA's ...

Another update from the surface of Mars, as NASA’s InSight lander has successfully deployed its first instrument onto the planet’s surface. This week the lander placed its copper-colored seismometer ...

A seismometer capable of detecting major seismic activity from around the globe was recently re-installed on the Ambler campus of Temple University after being taken offline over the summer for ...

India plans a five-fold expansion of its seismometer network to boost earthquake warning lead time from just a few seconds now to up to 45 seconds. Early detection of P-waves will allow alerts before ...

NASA's InSight lander continues to set up house on Mars and has now placed a domed shield over the Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure (SEIS) instrument package that its robotic arm placed on ...

The tender process to buy a seismometer for Jayakwadi Dam will start in three to four months, an irrigation official said on Friday. Incidentally, tremors were felt in Nanded and Hingoli districts ...