Tsunami earthquakes are characterized by the generation of disproportionately large tsunamis relative to the observed ground ...

Yellowstone, a popular tourist destination and namesake of an equally popular TV show, was the first-ever national park in ...

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 ...

A 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Alaska on July 16, 2025. While significant, the 1964 Prince William Sound ...

The massive earthquake that struck under the Indian Ocean southwest of Sumatra on April 11, 2012, came as a surprise to seismologists and left them scrambling to figure out exactly what had happened.

Lab earthquakes show how grains at fault boundaries lead to major quakes Faults once thought to be 'creeping' yet stable may be at risk for big ruptures ...

The seismic energy released in an earthquake can also be measured directly from recorded ground shaking, providing a distinct measure of the earthquake process. Earthquakes of a given magnitude ...

The earthquake shaking begins the process. For a magnitude 9 earthquake or over, that takes about four to six minutes. While the shaking is occurring the land is dropping, ...