Most of the U.S. volcanoes that have been making themselves known since spring woke up a bit, shook themselves off and then ...

So, with so few faults in the state, why are earthquakes — ever so rarely — felt in Michigan? Earthquakes in Michigan In a paper on seismic activity in Michigan published in 1977, geologist D ...

While rare, Redding does get earthquakes strong enough for us to feel. Here's why Shasta and Siskiyou counties and the north ...

Earthquakes within a tectonic plate, like those in the eastern U.S., do not have a clear, obvious cause," said USGS research geophysicist Dr. Thomas Pratt.

In rare cases, an earthquake can also occur in the interior of a tectonic plate. Earthquakes can also be caused by human action, such as the disposal of waste fluids as part of the process of oil ...

It's well known that earthquakes can rock fault-filled places like the U.S. West Coast. But why do earthquakes happen in the middle of tectonic plates?

LOS ANGELES — For decades, geophysicists believed they understood the limits of where earthquakes could occur in Earth’s interior. Then in May of 2015, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck at an ...

Due to the radiative thermal conductivity of the mineral olivine, only oceanic plates over 60 million years old and ...

KS3 Geography. Plate tectonics: Earthquakes. A short video for 11-14 year old pupils, exploring tectonic activity and earthquakes and featuring case studies from Haiti and New Zealand.

New Jersey experienced a 4.8 magnitude earthquake, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Here is the science behind the cause and the Ramapo Fault.

That’s not to say we don’t know anything about what earthquakes will happen in the future. While earthquake scientists are not able to predict earthquakes, we are able to forecast them.