Borehole sensors were placed to detect slow-motion seismic event “It’s like a ripple moving across the plate interface,” said ...

By analyzing forty deep earthquakes around the world, researchers discover the key role of a dual mechanism that allows ...

“The earthquake itself, like most large earthquakes, released energy with a wide range of frequencies,” Hough tells CNN. “The bigger the earthquake, the greater the level of booming low tones.

The earthquake’s rupture behavior was unique. Instead of sending most of its energy straight up to the surface, as typically ...

A magnitude 8 earthquake releases as much energy as detonating 6 million tons of TNT. Pretty impressive, huh? Fortunately, most of the earthquakes that occur each year are much too small to be felt by ...

A series of earthquakes in the Fayetteville Shale has shaken up Arkansas residents, state officials and two Oklahoma oil and gas companies. Two waste injection wells in the region were ...

In other areas, including the western U.S., the earthquake energy may wane more quickly, because more frequent seismic activity leads to a lot of broken-up rock that can absorb that energy.

In 2017, a powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck Iran’s mountainous western region near the Iraqi border, killing more ...

ATLANTA (AP) — A 4.1-magnitude earthquake in Tennessee woke up families and rattled homes as far away as Atlanta as it spread tremors across portions of the southern U.S. on Saturday morning. No ...

A 3.8 magnitude earthquake off of Maine rocked the New England coast from Augusta to Cape Cod on Monday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake occurred 6.8 miles off the ...