Alert to the authorities after the repeated tremors in the Cyclades - Precautionary measures for possible major earthquake ...

New research uncovers a surprising clue in earthquake forecasting: tiny curved scratches on fault planes. These marks reveal ...

An earthquake was reported in Elgin, South Carolina, early Friday morning. The United States Geological Survey confirmed a ...

Seismic upheaval in the Awash Fentale area has uprooted thousands from their homes. It has also raised questions about the ...

Scientists have discovered a subtle, slow-moving creep in lab experiments that could hold the key to predicting catastrophic earthquakes before they strike.

The magnitude 7.9 Bonin Islands earthquake sequence, which ruptured deep within the earth near the base of the upper mantle, did not include an ...

Indonesian rescuers have retrieved four more bodies as they resumed their search for people missing after floods and ...

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 quakes, and are we doing enough to prepare?

"The same physical process will take place in both cases — the explosive spring of the bent plates will release in the same ...

A period of slow, creeping movement without any shaking may be a necessary prelude to earthquakes, a new study suggests. The research, which was on the fundamentals of how materials rupture ...

For the Valley 31 years later, the 1994 Northridge earthquake was a defining moment, testing the resilience of its residents and the strength of its community institutions.