A new 3D subsurface model shows how variations in rock strength beneath the Marmara Sea could trigger future large earthquakes along the North Anatolian Fault. The findings improve understanding of ...

A new kind of earthquake has been detected in western Canada, one that shakes the ground slower and longer than typical seismic events. These earthquakes, recorded during hydraulic fracturing for oil ...

First global map of mantle earthquakes reveals seismic activity far beneath continents, challenging old ideas about Earth’s ...

A rare type of deep underground earthquake occurring in the Earth’s mantle has finally been isolated and mapped by Stanford researchers.

When most people think of earthquakes, they think of California fault lines. But the most active earthquake zone east of the Rocky Mountains runs straight through the middle of the country — including ...

Illustration of the Cascadia subduction zone, a region where the patterns examined in this study play out. (Credit: Carie Frantz, Wikimedia Commons) When we think of earthquakes, we imagine sudden, ...

Scientists are warning that underexplored "supershear" earthquakes could have serious impacts in California, particularly near the infamous San Andreas Fault. "The San Andreas is the perfect setting ...

"The good news about earthquake swarms is they don’t appear to lead to bigger quakes. Not a single one has ever been associated with a major earthquake." ...

A new type of seismic threat is gaining attention among geologists—and it could have serious implications for California. Known as “supershear” earthquakes, these rare but devastating quakes travel ...

The magnitude 6.9 earthquake that took place in 2018 on the south flank of Kīlauea on the Island of Hawaiʻi may have stalled ...

When we think of earthquakes, we imagine sudden, violent shaking. But deep beneath the Earth’s surface, some faults move in near silence. These slow, shuffling slips and their accompanying hum—called ...