A 3.8 magnitude earthquake was reported in the area of York, ME Monday morning and many in western Massachusetts claimed they ...

Oregon scientists are hoping to help the coastal communities survive a major inundation in various ways. One of those is ...

It also explores possible precautions to minimise the damage caused by earthquakes and, in this way, illustrates to pupils the link between physical and human geography. This short film introduces ...

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 lower ...

The 4th largest quake in hundred years with a magnitude of 9.1 quickened our rotation and shortened our day by 2.68 microsecond. It shifted the North Pole by 2.5 centimeters (1 inch) in the ...

Earthquakes regularly rattle our planet, striking somewhere in the world every hour of every day. Such events are the result of the slow-motion march of tectonic plates that build stresses in ...

The Ring of Fire is home to 75% of the world's volcanoes and 90% of its earthquakes. 2 min read The Ring of Fire is a roughly 25,000-mile chain of volcanoes and seismically active sites that ...

Session 2: Earthquakes This session looks specifically at earthquakes ... reporting up to date hazards so this is very much welcomed. Alan Parkinson is head of Geography at King’s Ely Junior – a ...

At school I had a real interest in Science, Geography and also Maths ... This one is quite weak, and earthquakes here in Japan are actually quite common so there’s no need to panic.

Twitter messages offer first-hand accounts of earthquakes within minutes. Analyses of their content and geographic distribution can be a useful supplement to instrument-based estimates of quake ...