Discover interesting facts about how big earthquakes can get, why earthquakes happen, and why they're so hard to predict.

Instead, the earthquakes appear to align with faults lying between Santorini and the neighbouring island Amorgos. Nearby faults are known to have produced earthquakes before. For example ...

The Greek island has a long history of earthquakes, but what is causing the recent series of quakes has scientists perplexed.

BC Hydro has begun work to enable seismic upgrades at Ladore Dam, near Campbell River, marking what the company calls a ...

The vast majority of earthquakes strike inside the Ring of Fire, a string of volcanoes and tectonic activity that wraps ...

Pic: Reuters Why is it happening? Earthquakes occur when tectonic plates move suddenly along a fault line, releasing energy in the form of seismic waves. The shaking that results from these waves ...

What created the Noto Peninsula landscape we know today? After examining the devastation from the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake, researchers have a theory.

Seismic activity near Greek island has prompted evacuations to the mainland, but scientists cannot predict whether these earthquakes will get worse. https://p.dw.com ...

Bossu described the current seismic activity rocking Santorini – which is known as an “earthquake swarm” – as “very unusual.” Normally, he says, “what you observe is a large ...

A state of emergency has been declared in Santorini after the strongest earthquake was recorded in days of near-constant tremors, which have almost emptied the famous Greek tourist haven of ...

Seismic activity plays a crucial role in understanding Earth's geological processes, from monitoring natural hazards to ...