Researchers have developed a laboratory earthquake model that connects the microscopic real contact area between fault ...

Robinson says current maps of Australia's earthquake hazard ... He says his technique is still at the proof-of-concept stage. But he hopes one day it can be used to narrow down these hotspots ...

A minor, 3.2-magnitude earthquake struck in Southern California on Wednesday, according to the United States Geological ...

A moderately strong, 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck in Turkey on Tuesday, according to the United States Geological Survey.

BOSTON - An earthquake just off the Maine coastline on Monday could be felt in Boston and hundreds of miles away into Connecticut and Vermont, according to a "shake map" from the United States ...

The earthquake was a magnitude 6.8, which is rare for western Morocco, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Twenty minutes after the main earthquake, a magnitude 4.9 aftershock hit the region.

The concept uses inexpensive braces called Buckling Restrained ... so that the bridge can withstand the three-dimensional ground motions caused by earthquakes. “The braces work as fuses; in the event ...