Earthquakes happen worldwide, but those in the East are often far more devastating. This video explores the scientific and geographical reasons why earthquakes in eastern regions tend to be more ...

While you may think earthquakes are a rarity in New Mexico, think again. Dr. Urbi Basu, manager of the New Mexico Tech ...

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Scientists have built a lab model that visually tracks how microscopic contact points between fault surfaces evolve during ...

"The fact that we can measure and understand the effects of earthquakes' perturbation on slow fault ruptures gives us hope that we could use the same logic to understand where earthquakes should ...

Near-shore tsunamis, those triggered by earthquakes just off the coast, could pose a particularly dire risk for California’s ...

“The fact that we can measure and understand the effects of earthquakes’ perturbation on slow fault ruptures gives us hope that we could use the same logic to understand where earthquakes should be ...

Earthquakes create ripple effects in Earth's upper atmosphere that can disrupt satellite communications and navigation ...

Seismic symphonies of minor earthquakes may affect grand movements on major faults.