Tectonic earthquakes on reverse or thrust faults are the most common type to meet these conditions because of what happens underground during the earthquakes. As two tectonic plates mash into each ...

Over 100 small earthquakes in Surrey might have been caused by oil drilling nearby, according to UCL research. The study, ...

A series of more than 100 small earthquakes in Surrey in 2018 and 2019 might have been triggered by oil extraction from a ...

While Louisiana residents are much more familiar with other types of natural disaster — especially hurricane — earthquakes can affect the state from time to time. Several earthquakes were ...

The earthquakes, which occurred from April 2018 until early 2019, were recorded as being between 1.34 and 3.18 magnitude.

For the new study, the researchers used a mathematical model to predict the number of earthquakes that might occur based on how much oil had been extracted, accounting for the two different rock types ...