Human activity can cause “healed” faults to release their stored strength, triggering unexpected quakes in tectonically stable regions.

Magma seeping into a reservoir under the island of Santorini set off thousands of quakes, some of which almost reached a 5.0 ...

TULARE COUNTY, CA - Wednesday afternoon, a preliminary 2.6 magnitude quake was registered near Olancha, according to the U.S.

Could melting glaciers really be causing earthquakes? A groundbreaking study from the Mont Blanc massif reveals the first ...

LAKE COUNTY, CA - Wednesday afternoon, a preliminary 2.3 magnitude quake was registered close to Cobb, according to the U.S.

Each year, approximately 20,000 earthquakes occur globally. Even though most of these earthquakes are weak or occur in unpopulated areas, their destructive potential is clear. While richer nations ...

Some reports of shaking came in from as far away as 40 miles from the epicenter, according to the federal agency that tracks ...

Slow earthquakes have been discovered to exhibit anomalously slow, long-lasting and small slips, adjacent to regular ...

A 1.6 magnitude earthquake was felt late last night, according to the U.S. Geological Survey website The minor earthquake ...

Yes, Hurricane Melissa affected seismic activity, but it did not cause a crack in the seafloor that will lead to a major ...

More damaging than the earthquake was the fatal tsunami that swept the island’s shores shortly afterwards. Campers at Halape, ...