Human activity can cause “healed” faults to release their stored strength, triggering unexpected quakes in tectonically stable regions.

The hidden earthquakes under one of the most dangerous supervolcanos in the world are actually helping scientists learn how ...

Following the 6.9-magnitude earthquake that struck northern Cebu in September, Mandaue City is moving to strengthen its disaster preparedness by launching a citywide disaster mapping system. The ...

A major, 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck near the Alaska-Canada border on Saturday, according to the United States Geological ...

A common misconception about research is that it takes place in climate-controlled labs with microscopes, beakers, and Bunsen ...

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck off the southern coast of Mexico, centered about 50 miles south-southwest of La Esperanza.

In a recent Science study, researchers used 15 kilometers of telecom fiber near Mendocino, Calif., to record the region’s ...

An earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale struck the Fiji Islands in the South Pacific early on Wednesday. The quake ...