The "swarm" of tens of thousands of earthquakes near the Greek island of Santorini earlier this year was triggered by molten ...

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, ...

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

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

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 ...

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

The Oct. 17, 1989, Loma Prieta earthquake was America's first widely-shared natural disaster. The calamity was captured live on television, as Game 3 of the World Series was about to start. The TV ...

Further examinations revealed that electricity generated during earthquakes could form nuggets inside quartz veins, according ...

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

An earthquake swarm has broken out along California's Central Coast, setting off fears of an even bigger eruption in the near ...

An earthquake struck California ’s Central Coast on Tuesday, sending shockwaves hundreds of miles across the region. The US ...

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