Using data compiled from single earthquakes across the world, Christie Rowe of the Nevada Seismological Laboratory at the University of Nevada, Reno and Alex Hatem of the U.S. Geological Survey sought ...

At the Seismological Society of America's Annual Meeting, researchers posed a seemingly simple question: how wide are faults?

The Julian earthquake is worth closer examination not for its size or damage (there was very little), but for a demonstration ...

Turkey has begun a new phase in restorations of the nearly 1,500-year-old Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, focusing on preserving ...

Turkey has begun a new phase in sweeping restorations of the nearly 1,500-year-old Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, focusing on ...

A moderately strong, 5.2-magnitude earthquake ... shake-severity map. The San Diego County Sheriff’s Office said that there had been no immediate reports of injuries or damage in the area.

An international study published in Communications Earth & Environment has advanced earthquake simulations to better ...

Hagia Sophia, a World Heritage Site and Turkey’s most ... against the next big earthquake” so that the ancient structure “survives the event with the least damage possible,” said Ahmet ...

According to the USGS map ... Sunday's 3.3-magnitude earthquake in the same area was a foreshock to Monday's 5.2-magnitude earthquake. There were no reports of injuries or damage.