Magma seeping into a reservoir under the island of Santorini set off thousands of quakes, some of which almost reached a 5.0 on the Richter scale.

Human activity can cause “healed” faults to release their stored strength, triggering unexpected quakes in tectonically stable regions.

The Hidden Architecture of Earth's Interior Earth's structure resembles a giant onion with distinct layers, each playing a ...

Glacial earthquakes are a special type of earthquake generated in cold, icy regions. First discovered in the Northern ...

When it comes to natural or “weather-related hazards”, in Missouri, we think of thunderstorms, floods, and tornadoes. But there is one that is less common and lies beneath the surface—earthquakes. The ...

A shake alert went out over the U.S. Geological Survey's early warning system on Dec. 4, warning that a 5.9 earthquake near ...

Slow earthquakes have been discovered to exhibit anomalously slow, long-lasting and small slips, adjacent to regular ...

Two earthquakes rattled the East Bay on Monday, raising questions about whether the seismic activity could be a warning sign that the “big one” could soon hit the Bay Area. The first quake, a ...

In the latest report prepared by a Japanese government earthquake task force, it was estimated that up to 298,000 people ...