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.
Seismic upheaval in the Awash Fentale area has uprooted thousands from their homes. It has also raised questions about the ...
The Parker Butte earthquake, as it has been renamed, occurred about 7 kilometers deep along the Wabuska Lineament between ...
Jan. 26, 2025, marks 325 years since the last great earthquake on the Cascadia subduction zone. It’s a time to reflect on what we’ve learned about this largest fault system in the lower 48 states ...
As the winter sun set on Feb. 3, 2023, the Caribou, Maine branch of the National Weather Service was flooded with reports of ...
Scientists uncover hidden land under Iceland, questioning our understanding of Earth's continents and tectonic plates.
Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) The analysis of the 2015 Bonin Islands earthquake sequence challenges the claim of a record-breaking 751-kilometer-deep aftershock in the lower mantle. Instead ...
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 aftershock that extended to record depths into the ...
Experts say that while it has been quiet after Monday's quake, the risk of one or more aftershocks is not out of the question ...