Shrinking lakes in Tibet likely woke up long-dormant tectonic faults, a new study finds. The findings strengthen the link between climate change and earthquakes ...

First global map of mantle earthquakes reveals seismic activity far beneath continents, challenging old ideas about Earth’s ...

A new 3D subsurface model shows how variations in rock strength beneath the Marmara Sea could trigger future large earthquakes along the North Anatolian Fault. The findings improve understanding of ...

Researchers were once unsure whether mantle earthquakes existed. Now they have a global map of this mysterious phenomenon.

The magnitude 2.8 earthquake appears to have an epicenter near the eastern shores of Lake Murray near North Lake Boulevard.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – With recent earthquakes felt in parts of Dorchester County and the Midlands in recent weeks, we ...

Stanford University researchers have pulled back a curtain on a hidden part of Earth that rarely makes headlines. Their new ...

BUTTE, Mont. — Envision this scenario: You are going about your day. All is calm and quiet until suddenly, the ground beneath your feet begins to shake, and items within your home or workspace begin ...

Stanford researchers have created the first-ever global map of a rare earthquake type that occurs not in Earth's crust but in ...

New research shows that a fragile clay layer beneath the Japan Trench played a key role in the extreme seafloor movement ...

More than 120 seismometers detected sonic booms from space debris and enabled its fall to be tracked with unprecedented ...

At the Cascadia subduction zone in the Pacific Northwest, one tectonic plate is moving underneath another. New experimental work at UC Davis shows how rocks on faults deep in the Earth can cement ...