The last significant quake swarm in the San Ramon area, in 2015, lasted 36 days and produced 654 tiny earthquakes, the ...

Scientists have discovered that deep earthquake faults can heal themselves within hours, acting like “quick-set glue” after slow slip events.

Earthquake faults deep in the Earth can glue themselves back together following a seismic event, according to a new study led ...

There isn’t zero probability of earthquakes in the Rochester area, but it is much lower than in regions of the state with known faults, like southeastern New York and other coastal regions. There are ...

Earthquakes are some of nature’s most destructive forces, but what if we could better predict where they might strike? A new ...

When will "The Big One" hit the U.S. West Coast? Nobody knows, but should it happen, science can give us a good idea of its ...

Seismic monitoring stations in Alaska are closing after a denied federal grant, risking delayed tsunami warnings for people ...

New global stress map reveals areas where the Earth's crust is on the verge of collapse, doubling the data and changing earthquake management ...

Horizon, the largest U.S. open-science supercomputer arriving in 2026, is being designed around the Characteristic Science ...

Climate change does its damage in a lot of ways—birthing hurricanes, heat waves, floods, droughts, and wildfires. Now add to ...

Rime ice buildup on Mount Rainier's only analog seismic station has led to false reports of increased tremor activity, the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network said.