Earthquakes happen due to sudden movement of tectonic plates and stress release along fault lines beneath the Earth’s crust.

Can scientists predict a particular earthquake? In short, no. Science has not yet found a way to make actionable earthquake predictions. A useful prediction would specify a time, a place and a ...

A deep earthquake in Chile surprised scientists by using heat to grow stronger far underground and cause serious surface ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Using single calcite crystals with varying surface roughness allows engineers to simplify the complex physics that describes fault movement. In a new study from the University of ...

On the morning of Friday, January 2, 2026, a 6.5 magnitude earthquake was registered in Mexico, which generated alert and multiple citizen reports, mainly in Mexico City and southe ...

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake seven miles in Alaska on Nov. 30, 2018, caused significant infrastructure damage in a number of areas. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Balinda O’Neal Dresel) ShakeOut ...

LOS ANGELES — It's been 30 years since a deadly 6.7 magnitude earthquake devastated Northridge and many lessons have been learned since. “The Northridge earthquake was a tremendously powerful event,” ...

Researchers have discovered evidence of “partial synchronization” of two of the world’s most famous fault lines—the northern San Andreas Fault and Cascadia Subduction Zone. The relationship between ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BANGKOK (AP) — A unilateral partial ...

It is not unheard of for the ground to shake in Broken Hill, but what is unusual is the number of earthquakes recorded by ...

Using single calcite crystals with varying surface roughness allows engineers to simplify the complex physics that describes fault movement. Researchers now show how this simplification may lead to ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Researchers have discovered evidence of “partial synchronization” of two of the world’s most famous fault lines—the northern San Andreas Fault and ...