This gradual accumulation and release of stress and strain is now referred to as the "elastic rebound theory" of earthquakes. Most earthquakes are the result of the sudden elastic rebound of ...

An earthquake was felt in part of north-west England on Wednesday night. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was recorded shortly ...

Global distribution of natural and induced seismicity. Natural earthquakes with moment magnitude higher than 5 are color-coded according to their hypocenter depth (upper right colorbar, U.S.

Once considered geologically impossible, earthquakes in stable regions like Utah and Groningen can actually occur due to long-inactive faults that slowly “heal” and strengthen over millions of years.

A 2.3-magnitude earthquake shook Knoxville at 12:16 a.m. on July 27 There have been five earthquakes in East Tennessee in July 2025. Another 2.3 earthquake shook East Tennessee on July 27, according ...

Windows rattled. Dishes fell from shelves. Cracks appeared in the foundations of several buildings. And across the border in Clark, S.D., the rumbling caused one woman to tumble out of her bed, ...

Scientists have recorded the "largest" earthquake swarm at Mount Rainier in Washington state since 2009, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The swarm at the second-most seismically active volcano in ...