Findings based on mini “lab quakes” in a controlled setting could help researchers assess the likelihood of future quakes in ...

Yesterday, the ground shook off the coast of Taiwan, slamming the country with the strongest earthquake in 27 years. The ...

“The Cascadia Megathrust M9.0 Earthquake was selected as a scenario as it is currently one of the more likely earthquake ...

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

"What we looked at was kind of lesser though and lesser-known consequences of the next earthquake, which is the land subsidence, or the way the land is going to drop down," said Dr. Tina Dura, the ...

Additional material and pictures provided by Ellington Cross LLC. In the past, the conventional method for handling loose sands, soft clays and poorly compacted fills on a construction project was to ...

A spate of notable quakes have rattled Southern California in recent months — a reminder that the last three decades of relative seismic quiet won’t last forever. California is preparing for the ...

"Over that vast time, the rough edges and bends in the fault have been ground down," first author Eric Lindsey, a ...

Researchers are adding a new wrinkle to a long-held belief about what causes earthquakes in the first place. Findings published in Nature by a team of Brown-led researchers challenge traditional ...