Earthquake scientists rely on distant seismic instruments to infer how faults rupture during large earthquakes. This video ...

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More information: Ryo Yamaguchi et al, The complex rupture evolution of the long and slow, tsunamigenic 2021 South Sandwich Islands earthquake, Scientific Reports (2025).

Researchers at University of Tsukuba analyzed seismic waveform data from the tsunami earthquake that occurred off the British South Sandwich Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean in August 2021.

These plates are in constant motion, and their interactions are the primary catalysts for earthquakes. At convergent boundaries where plates collide, stress accumulates, eventually releasing energy ...

GUERNSEY & NOBLE COUNTIES, Ohio — Ohio officials have confirmed that a recent series of small earthquakes in Southeast Ohio are tied to oil and gas activity in the region. The Ohio Department o… ...

Despite its epicenter being located outside of Atlanta, the recent earthquake presents a valuable opportunity to enhance our collective understanding of the dynamic forces that continuously shape ...

When an earthquake rips along the Cascadia Subduction Zone fault, much of the U.S. West Coast could shake violently for five minutes, and tsunami waves as tall as 100 feet could barrel toward ...

Myanmar’s military junta has extended the ceasefire that it announced in the wake of last month’s deadly earthquake, with the aim of “accelerating reconstruction and rehabilitation measures ...