An earthquake struck just east of a major U.S. city with a population of over 900,000, with the USGS detecting the tremor ...

Thursday’s earthquake was recorded at 1:16 a.m. in the area near Elgin in Kershaw County, the South Carolina Emergency ...

Lake sediment cores in Guatemala reveal directional ground shaking from the 1976 earthquake, offering rare insight into ...

Scientists say the size of earthquake faults may have been previously underestimated, extending potentially dangerous ...

The quake took place during a public holiday when many children were out of school and celebrating in the streets, causing ...

Wednesday weather forecastAn earthquake occurred late Tuesday in Northwest Georgia, near the Tennessee state line and less ...

Understanding the earthquake history of a region is key to estimating seismic hazard. To help with this task, Geologists look ...

Julian, located along the Elsinore Fault Zone, is part of a geologically active region that experiences frequent small to moderate earthquakes.

The correspondent filing this dispatch is a law student at Maharashtra National Law University in Mumbai who must remain anonymous. In the present case, the SCI intervened to implement ten pending ...

As civil war-torn Myanmar struggles to recover from a devastating earthquake, the United States is facing criticism that it has abandoned the country in its hour of need – and is ceding global ...

According to the United States ... faults at or near the plate boundaries. These faults accommodate the stresses associated with plate movement. When the accumulated stress exceeds the elastic limit ...

"These earthquakes can shake up molten rock deep underground, making it more mobile and explosive," he said. "As the magma rises, it can also unlock and trigger fault lines, leading to earthquakes ...