The earthquake is believed to be a rare 'super shear' event, where the rupture in the earth's crust raced faster than seismic ...

A lake's sedimentation patterns can refine earthquake-timing estimates for scientists at Yellowstone National Park, writes ...

Originating just 10 kilometers beneath the surface along the Sagaing Fault, the seismic events caused severe shaking, ...

Dehradun: Following the powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake near Mandalay, Myanmar, on March 28, scientists have confirmed that ...

Federal cuts to the U.S. Geological Survey have prompted fears of losing vital information on earthquake activity and ...

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?

Texas has experienced multiple earthquakes over the last day, with the most recent detected at 9:01am ET on Friday.

A massive 7.7 earthquake and powerful aftershock struck near Mandalay, Burma, shaking buildings and damaging infrastructure ...

California was hit by another earthquake Wednesday, just days after a major 5.2 magnitude quake rocked the state. The US ...

Below California's famed beaches, mountains and metropolitan areas lies a sinister web of earthquake faults—some so infamous ...

Kabul: In the early hours of Wednesday, a magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan, sending ...