Mount Rainier is an active stratovolcano 45 miles southeast of Tacoma and 60 miles south-southeast of Seattle. Its last ...

Scientists detected a slow-motion earthquake off Japan, offering rare insight into hidden faults and tsunami risks beneath ...

Two slow-motion earthquakes took several weeks to travel 20 miles along the fault. Each happened in places where geologic ...

Researchers have developed a laboratory earthquake model that connects the microscopic real contact area between fault surfaces to the possibility of earthquake occurrences. Published in the ...

As contact areas change during the earthquake cycle, they affect multiple measurable properties including electrical conductivity, hydraulic permeability and seismic wave transmission.

The New Madrid Fault zone, located in the central United States, has recently experienced an increase in earthquake activity, raising concerns among residents and scientists alike. This video ...

Abrupt earthquake-triggered land changes are not a new idea. The earliest written accounts of great earthquakes causing the land to rise or fall are from China and date back to nearly 4,000 years ago.

Credit: UNICEF Myanmar For Myanmar and its people, the earthquake that struck central Myanmar on March 28 was not an isolated event but part of an unrelenting cycle of crises.

Residents in Invervar, at Glenlyon, Perthshire, reported hearing a rumbling noise that "sounded like a badly installed washing machine on a fast cycle" as three earthquakes rocked the area on Monday.

A catastrophic earthquake shook Myanmar’s northern region on March 28, collapsing historic and religious sites across the country. The 7.7 magnitude quake not only killed more than 3,000 people ...

Investing in programs that support foster youth, doesn't just impact individual lives; it helps to create a stronger, more resilient workforce and society for the future.

Gallen acknowledged that more precise—and expensive—methods for dating the faulted surfaces could improve the earthquake timeline. But he and Hurtado are confident that these findings ...