Scientists at Stanford have unveiled the first-ever global map of rare earthquakes that rumble deep within Earth’s mantle rather than its crust. Long debated and notoriously difficult to confirm, ...

This gradual accumulation and release of stress and strain is now referred to as the "elastic rebound theory" of earthquakes. Most earthquakes are the result of the sudden elastic rebound of ...

BUTTE, Mont. — Envision this scenario: You are going about your day. All is calm and quiet until suddenly, the ground beneath your feet begins to shake, and items within your home or workspace begin ...

First global map of mantle earthquakes reveals seismic activity far beneath continents, challenging old ideas about Earth’s ...

When the biggest earthquake in more than a decade rattled Russia’s remote Kamchatka Peninsula in July, seismologists around the world knew within moments. For earthquakes big or small, sensors around ...

The study of earthquakes called Seismology, relies on the fact that different materials within the Earth react differently to ...

A wave of earthquakes ranging up to a preliminary magnitude of 4.0 struck southeast of San Ramon shortly before 8 p.m. Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The 4.0-magnitude temblor struck at 7:49 ...

TOKYO (AP) — One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia’s Far East early Wednesday, sending tsunami waves into Japan and Hawaii and across the Pacific. No substantial damage has been ...

YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, July 30. /TASS/. Four tsunami waves were recorded in the Severo-Kurilsky municipal district in Russia’s Sakhalin Region after a powerful earthquake, Mayor Alexander Ovsyannikov said ...