The threat of earthquakes should be taken as “constant” in regions where tremors come and go, according to seismologists who ...

Stanford University researchers have pulled back a curtain on a hidden part of Earth that rarely makes headlines. Their new ...

Wendy Bohon has built a TikTok following as an earthquake geologist. She helps lead earthquake work for the California Geological Survey.

First global map of mantle earthquakes reveals seismic activity far beneath continents, challenging old ideas about Earth’s ...

The 2025 mega-quake in Myanmar was a catastrophe for the communities it struck, but for scientists it was also a once-in-a-generation natural experiment that unfolded almost perfectly on camera, in ...

When tens of thousands of earthquakes shook Santorini, the cause wasn’t just shifting tectonic plates—it was rising magma. Scientists tracked about 300 million cubic meters of molten rock pushing up ...

A new 3D subsurface model shows how variations in rock strength beneath the Marmara Sea could trigger future large earthquakes along the North Anatolian Fault. The findings improve understanding of ...

For obvious reasons, it would be useful to predict when an earthquake is going to occur. It has long been suspected that large quakes in the Himalayas follow a fairly predictable cycle, but nature, as ...

In a world-first use of medical imaging technology, scientists have revealed the earthquake-generating potential of faults in the Hamilton and Hauraki areas. The study shows that hidden geological ...

Climate journalist Emma Pattee has been worried about the so-called big one—an off-the-charts earthquake—hitting her town in Portland, Ore., for some time now. She’s not alone: scientists estimate at ...

With some luck, specialized equipment, a supervolcano and a narrow hole 30 stories deep, researchers demonstrated that ...