Your phone blares, "Earthquake!" The voice instructs you to duck, cover, and hold on. About 30 seconds later, the shaking starts. At first, it makes the furniture sway. It's stronger than the ...

Now, scientists aim to get their clearest picture yet of the complex mechanics of our big-risk Hikurangi Subduction Zone – ...

A swarm of earthquakes hit a massive 150-foot-long fault line in the Midwest that scientists fear is overdue for a mega-quake. This little-known New Madrid sits in America's Heartland, passing ...

Boxing Day, marks the 20th year since one of the world's most significant natural disasters, the Sumatra earthquake.

Dec. 26, Boxing Day, marks the 20th year since one of the world’s most significant natural disasters, the Sumatra earthquake. The mega 9.1 magnitude earthquake in the eastern Indian Ocean ...

At least 1.45 million vacant wooden homes are located in areas vulnerable to severe shaking in long-expected mega-earthquakes, creating a potential hazard for rescue and recovery operations ...

It is the second expedition to this region. Just 13 months after the earthquake, during the IODP Expedition 343 “Japan Trench Fast Drilling Project” (JFAST) in 2012, the researchers drilled ...

China's Xinhua News Agency reported that a 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck Tibet today morning just after 9 AM local time, days after the region experienced several moderate intensity earthquakes. The ...

China on Tuesday said the 6.8-magnitude earthquake near one of Tibet’s holiest cities, which claimed at least 126 lives, caused no damage to any dams or reservoirs in the country. The statement by the ...

SAN FRANCISCO ‒ A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck near the town of Petrolia on Thursday at 10:44 a.m. local time, generating a now discontinued tsunami warning that stretched from southern ...