You are going about your day. All is calm and quiet until suddenly, the ground beneath your feet begins to shake, and items ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Fault lines are fractures or breaks in the Earth's crust where tectonic plates move past each other, often resulting in earthquakes. These geological features are classified into three ...

Machine learning is expanding scientists’ catalogs of quakes and refining maps of underground faults. It also promises to ...

A new kind of earthquake has been detected in western Canada, one that shakes the ground slower and longer than typical seismic events. These earthquakes, recorded during hydraulic fracturing for oil ...

Slow earthquakes are slow-slip phenomena that last many days or months, and you barely notice them. In 2007, researchers proposed how the magnitude and duration of earthquakes vary, which can help ...

Guerrero, Mexico is an active site with several recent major earthquakes, but also a small area called the ‘Guerrero seismic gap’ (pictured) where no earthquakes have occurred for more than a century.

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake was recorded in the Beaus region on Monday morning, according to seismic data reviewed manually by ...

YACHATS, Ore. — A 5.4 magnitude earthquake was among two that struck early Wednesday morning off Oregon's coast. According to ...

Earthquakes are beyond our control, but you can ensure your home is as protected as possible. The type of home you have can ...

Dozens of earthquakes rocked the region, but a tsunami didn't seem imminent. Then the massive waves began crashing in.