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 ...

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 ...

In a new study soon to be published in Geophysical Research Letters, I present evidence for hundreds of these quakes in ...

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

WASHINGTON, USA — A "swarm" of small earthquakes near the summit of Mount Rainier Tuesday is no cause for concern, according to local officials. The United States Geologic Survey (USGS) says the ...

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 ...

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One of the world's strongest earthquakes struck Russia's Far East early Wednesday, an 8.8-magnitude temblor that set off a tsunami in the northern Pacific region and prompted warnings for Alaska, ...