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

A swarm of at least six earthquakes reaching up to magnitude 2.9 rattled San Ramon near San Francisco, the U.S. Geological ...

A 6.7 magnitude earthquake shook northeastern Japan and caused small tsunami waves but no apparent damage Friday, days after ...

A shake alert went out over the U.S. Geological Survey's early warning system on Dec. 4, warning that a 5.9 earthquake near ...

A magnitude 6 earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan just before midnight local time on Sunday, according to the United States Geological Survey. Several aftershocks ...

In general, earthquakes are caused by the tectonic plates that make up the earth moving and rubbing together. The UK is ...

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 ...

Glacial earthquakes are a special type of earthquake generated in cold, icy regions. First discovered in the Northern ...

In the latest report prepared by a Japanese government earthquake task force, it was estimated that up to 298,000 people ...

The 7.6-magnitude quake struck in waters off Aomori Prefecture on Japan’s main island, Honshu. It triggered a tsunami warning ...

A powerful magnitude-7.5 earthquake struck off Japan’s northeastern coast on Monday, triggering evacuation orders and a ...

A minor 3.2-magnitude earthquake in Italy has caused significant damage to areas of the Pompeii Archaeological Park. Fortunately, there were no visitors at the archaeological site at the time of the ...