Once considered geologically impossible, earthquakes in stable regions like Utah and Groningen can actually occur due to long-inactive faults that slowly “heal” and strengthen over millions of years.

Tens of thousands of earthquakes shook the Greek island of Santorini and the surrounding area at the beginning of the year. Now, researchers have published a comprehensive geological analysis of the ...

A series of major earthquakes jolted Scottish Highlands on Monday, October 20, 2025.As reported by Daily record, Perthshire was hit by three back to back earthquakes within a difference ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence that megaquakes in the Pacific Northwest might trigger California’s San Andreas Fault. A research ship’s navigational error revealed paired sediment layers showing ...

The ground-shaking that an earthquake generates is only a fraction of the total energy that a quake releases. A quake can also generate a flash of heat, along with a domino-like fracturing of ...

A 3.3 magnitude earthquake has been felt in homes across Perthshire. The epicentre was in Pubil in Glen Lyon. The British Geological Survey (BGS) recorded the tremor, which was at a depth of 3km (1.9 ...

A "Big One" on the Cascadia subduction zone in the Pacific Northwest might trigger a similarly serious earthquake on California's San Andreas Fault, new research suggests. The findings are based on ...

As users took to social media to report experiencing tremors, an independent tracking website reported a ‘seismic-like event, possible earthquake’ in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.