New research shows that slow, silent stress buildup and fault geometry are crucial in triggering earthquakes A new study has ...

A sizable earthquake struck in the United States over the weekend. The U.S. has been hit by several notable earthquakes over ...

The aviation color code over the area has been changed from green to yellow as a precaution, the Icelandic meteorological ...

Scientists have discovered a subtle, slow-moving creep in lab experiments that could hold the key to predicting catastrophic earthquakes before they strike.

The bridge was designed to withstand typhoons, magnitude-8 earthquakes and even being struck by a 300,000-ton naval vessel.

A small temblor startled residents near Richmond this week. Over a decade ago, a 5.8 earthquake in Virginia became the most ...

The town of New Madrid seems obsessed with the fault lines that loom under its surface. Signs with the slogan “It’s Our Fault” line the road into town, past the cotton fields and defunct factories ...

"The same physical process will take place in both cases — the explosive spring of the bent plates will release in the same ...

While it caught many residents by surprise, Martin Chapman, a geophysics professor at Virginia Tech, said quakes like these ...

There’s been a whole lot of shaking going on as a trio of earthquakes struck Monday in San Bernardino and Riverside counties.

Plates at subduction zones typically move just a few centimeters per year. But when accumulated stress at these convergent ...

Two earthquakes jolted the Philippines several hours apart on Thursday, authorities said, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or major damage. A magnitude 5.8 quake occurred off the ...