Tehran could use the earthquake to try to convince enemies to refrain from destroying its nuclear facilities. Yet sources ...

However, forecasting earthquakes remains a complex challenge, as many contributing factors are still not fully understood. To refine their models, researchers have begun exploring external influences ...

Scientists have worked for years to build systems to monitor volcanoes and earthquakes on the West Coast, but DOGE cuts may ...

Some studies pointed to tidal forces or electromagnetic ... "While these factors may not be the main drivers of earthquakes, ...

Haiti has endured the devastation of two catastrophic earthquakes -- first in 2010 and again in 2021. Each disaster left behind widespread destruction: buildings reduced to rubble, entire communities ...

Imagine a heavy book resting on a table. If you try to gently push the book across the table with the tip of your finger, it ...

A study found that tectonic plates beneath the Chishima Trench are not slipping past each other but appear to be locked ...

Studies of past and present seismic activity in the region show a complex, but organized pattern of earthquake supercycles, the latest of which has not been completed.

WASHINGTON, March 4, 2025 – Seismology has revealed much of the basics about earthquakes ... moon and seismic activity on Earth, with some studies pointing to tidal forces or electromagnetic ...

Professor SAKURAI Aiko of the Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies has a unique background, pursuing a career ...

The region is prone to seismic activity due to tectonic plate collisions, with earthquakes regularly impacting the area.

"It is quite remarkable that given an earthquake of this magnitude, we have seen so few reported causalities," Daniel Aldrich, a political science professor at Northeastern University who studies ...