In a scientific first, researchers have tracked the elusive motion of a rare variety of earthquake during a seismic event ...

Seafloor sensors caught a rare slow quake in action. It hints at how Earth's stress is quietly released. For the first time, ...

An Independent Review Board has delivered the fullest account to date of the June 24, 2024 collapse that sent 1.77 million ...

A decades-old manga has Japan on edge as fresh earthquakes hit the country’s south. Despite scientists stressing that quakes ...

Tsunami earthquakes are characterized by the generation of disproportionately large tsunamis relative to the observed ground shaking, complicating timely evacuation efforts. Understanding their ...

Tourists and officials were startled by a hydrothermal explosion at Black Diamond Pool in July 2024. Geoscientists are working out how and why it occurred to better understand these hazardous events.

Professor Joshua Hardt helps lead a seismic monitoring project to enhance public understanding of science in West Texas.

In response to public feedback, the landslide hazard maps are now more generic in the draft — without severity ratings.

More than 800 tremors have shaken the southwestern Tokara Islands over the past 11 days, including a 5.6-magnitude quake on Wednesday.

Irina Marinov, associate professor at the Department of Earth and Environmental Science, leads a research community focused ...

Forget Atlantis. Without realizing it, vast numbers of tourists spend their holiday each year on the lost continent of Greater Adria,” declared Douwe van Hinsbergen, professor of global tectonics and ...

San Francisco has released new data that shows 24 city-owned buildings are at risk of collapsing from an earthquake. Even more are prone to serious damage according to ...