Scientists have solved the mystery of how earthquakes can occur 420 miles deep inside Earth, where extreme pressure and heat ...

New research shows that slow, silent stress buildup and fault geometry are crucial in triggering earthquakes A new study has ...

N​early 75% of the country is at risk for a potentially damaging earthquake, according to a recently updated USGS map.

Welcome to your weekly seismic update from across the state, brought to you by the Alaska Earthquake Center, where we monitor ...

The Parker Butte earthquake, as it has been renamed, occurred about 7 kilometers deep along the Wabuska Lineament between ...

A lurch in the Earth’s tectonic plates can wreak havoc at any time – as we’ve just seen in Vanuatu. How do scientists measure ...

A strong earthquake measuring a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 has rattled southwestern Japan. The Japan Meteorological Agency said Monday that tsunami advisories were issued for Miyazaki Prefecture, ...

TOKYO – A tsunami advisory was issued for part of southwest Japan after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Monday ... and some underground water pipes ruptured. NHK said a tsunami, estimated ...

Staff clean up shattered and scattered glass caused by the earthquake at JR Miyazaki Airport Station, in Miyazaki, in southwestern Japan, Monday Jan. 13, 2025. (Kyodo News via AP) ...

The model also accounts for how greater rupture length correlates with earthquakes of greater magnitude. More information: Jiaqi Fang et al, Dynamic Emergence of Plate Motions and Great Megathrust ...

A witness told the Herald there was an enormous amount of water “leaping from the ground” that begun before 5pm today. A video sent to the Herald shows the rupture outside the Queens Court ...