Earthquakes and tsunamis are often portrayed as the villains of natural disasters, leaving destruction in their wake. But ...

The bradyseismic crisis causing large seismic swarms in the Campi Flegrei is a consequence of the movements of one of the ...

One of the “worst-case scenarios” with an epicenter in southeast Missouri, near Sikeston, would be the least disastrous of ...

NPL and MSL in New Zealand successfully detected a multitude of earthquakes in the Pacific Ocean using a pioneering detection ...

The 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake, for example, killed more than 2,400 people and remains a sobering reminder of the city’s seismic risks. While some scientists speculate that modern earthquakes are ...

When the ground shakes violently, entire cities can crumble within minutes. Homes, hospitals, roads, and lives can vanish ...

for example — and changes in rainfall and snowmelt can alter the pressure on tectonic plate boundaries. While these factors may not be the main drivers of earthquakes, they could still be ...

For centuries, the reflections of light or sound have been theorized. Scientists have always thought of another variable: ...

SUMMERVILLE, Ga. — A shallow, weak earthquake occurred in northwest Georgia at 8:00 a.m. early Tuesday morning. The magnitude 2.6 earthquake was about 5 miles northwest of Menlo, Georgia, near ...

The San Andreas fault line caused destruction and distinction in California. Ray Isle offers an itinerary to explore the ...