It’s been a full week of earthquakes in California, including a 4.1 near Templeton that triggered an alert for residents.

Elastic Rebound Theory This gradual accumulation and release of stress and strain is now referred to as the "elastic rebound ...

Scientists in Switzerland are deliberately triggering tiny earthquakes deep in the Alps to study how quakes start. Using water injection and thousands of sensors, they aim to predict dangerous faults, ...

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

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

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said an earthquake was reported in the Lowcountry early Friday morning. Officials ...

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

There isn’t zero probability of earthquakes in the Rochester area, but it is much lower than in regions of the state with ...

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 ...

A 5.3 magnitude earthquake struck Cyprus on Wednesday, briefly shaking parts of Lebanon. Recorded near the western city of Paphos, the quake led to temporary evacuations, though no damage was reported ...

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