Monday morning's magnitude-4.2 quake was the strongest to occur near western Montana since 2020, and the second strongest ...

Jan. 26, 2025, marks 325 years since the last great earthquake on the Cascadia subduction zone. It’s a time to reflect on what we’ve learned about this largest fault system in the lower 48 states ...

MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Surigao del Norte on Thursday afternoon, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.

As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take America back (again!) to greatness, there’s been much talk of Elon Musk’s new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and whether it will dare ...

China Reports Problems at Five Reservoirs in Tibet After Earthquake BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities in Tibet have detected problems, including cracks, at five out of 14 hydropower dams ...

Seismology is the study of stress and changes in stress within the Earth and other planetary bodies, particularly earthquakes caused by slip and rupture along faults and by magmatic activity.

Aside from the danger they pose, such earthquakes disrupt the slow, long-term changes occurring at subduction zones. The cycle of sudden earthquakes and slow plate movement makes it difficult for ...

A strong 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck on Sunday off the coast of El Salvador, shaking residences in many parts of the country but there was no risk of a tsunami, the country's environment ...

By comparing pre- and post-quiescence seismicity, we identify potential earthquake sources and assess associated tsunami hazards. We propose a novel combined model integrating normalized seismicity ...

(Reuters) - A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck El Salvador on Sunday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said. The quake was at a depth of 87 km (54.06 miles), EMSC said.

Three separate earthquakes have been recorded in less than 30 hours near Broken Hill. A 2.6 magnitude earthquake hit the region on Friday, followed by a 4.1 magnitude quake on Saturday and a 3.3 ...

Thousands of people were being evacuated Saturday (January 4) in Ethiopia after a series of earthquakes, including a 5.8-magnitude tremor, struck the northern regions of the Horn of Africa nation. The ...