In a world-first use of medical imaging technology, scientists have revealed the earthquake-generating potential of faults in ...

Researchers have proposed that changes in Earth's ionosphere could trigger electrical forces that nudge fragile areas of the crust into creating an earthquake.

Like the rest of the Northeast, Maine has no active faults, making it an area of relatively low seismic activity. But it still has some seismic action — like Monday’s earthquake in Bridgewater — ...

Several earthquakes shook parts of the state over the weekend. An expert explains how this is not a sign of a bigger event to ...

With some luck, specialized equipment, a supervolcano and a narrow hole 30 stories deep, researchers demonstrated that ...

Earthquakes are unsettling, but a swarm of earthquakes can be downright scary, and some San Francisco residents are worried the Big One is near.

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

Uttarakhand has seen a sharp rise in deadly landslides over the past 23 years. A study shows earthquakes weaken rocks while ...

Seventy-five tremors hit San Ramon, a small California city on 2. Here's what caused the swarm and why it isn't entirely ...

When tens of thousands of earthquakes shook Santorini, the cause wasn’t just shifting tectonic plates—it was rising magma. Scientists tracked about 300 million cubic meters of molten rock pushing up ...