Earthquakes happen daily, sometimes with devastating consequences, yet predicting them remains out of reach. What scientists ...

This gradual accumulation and release of stress and strain is now referred to as the "elastic rebound theory" of earthquakes. Most earthquakes are the result of the sudden elastic rebound of ...

A major 7.7 magnitude earthquake that originated near Mandalay, Myanmar shook the Earth as far as Bangkok, with deadly consequences. Guidance for earthquake safety depends on your location and ...

A deep earthquake in Chile surprised scientists by using heat to grow stronger far underground and cause serious surface ...

Another 2.3 earthquake shook East Tennessee on July 27, according to the United States Geological Survey. The minor earthquake had an epicenter just east of Knoxville in Mascot, Tennessee. The ...

A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck northern Chile in July 2024—and it wasn’t supposed to be that strong. Unlike Chile ...

When the biggest earthquake in more than a decade rattled Russia’s remote Kamchatka Peninsula in July, seismologists around the world knew within moments. For earthquakes big or small, sensors around ...

On May 12, 2008, a powerful 7.9-magnitude earthquake struck the Wenchuan county of Sichuan province in south-central China. It was the most powerful quake to hit China in at least 50 years, killing ...

The first earthquake struck while the town was still asleep. Around 2:00 am on Dec. 16, 1811, New Madrid—a small frontier settlement of 400 people on land now located in Missouri—was jolted awake.

When we think of earthquakes, we imagine sudden, violent shaking. But deep beneath the Earth’s surface, some faults move in near silence. These slow, shuffling slips and their accompanying hum—called ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The Yellowstone region generates a lot of earthquakes. Although most of these earthquakes are too ...

Earthquakes in the American state of Utah, the Soultz-sous-Forêts region of France or in the Dutch province of Groningen should not be able to occur even if the subsurface has been exploited for ...