Elastic Rebound Theory This gradual accumulation and release of stress and strain is now referred to as the "elastic rebound ...

Researchers re-created the conditions deep inside the Cascadia subduction zone and found that fractured rocks can repair ...

Deep beneath the surface, our planet is a reactor, and one of the ways you'll feel this activity is when there's an earthquake. Earthquakes are violent shaking from the planet's surface, according to ...

Earthquakes that shake the ground under Redding are a sign of something bigger happening deep below the far Northern California region, geologists say. The culprit is also responsible for much of what ...

A striking video captured in Myanmar during March’s devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake shows what scientists believe may be a first-of-its-kind recording of a surface fault rupture, the visible ...

Last weekend’s earthquakes made much of Southern California realize, once again, that it’s time to get ready for the Big One. According to seismologist and earthquake safety expert, Lucy Jones, “It ...

Scientists are deliberately triggering earthquakes from a tunnel deep beneath the Alps. Although it may sound like something out of a James Bond movie, the goal isn't turmoil and destruction. Rather, ...

Scientists have recorded the "largest" earthquake swarm at Mount Rainier in Washington state since 2009, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The swarm at the second-most seismically active volcano in ...

ST. LOUIS – Simulations and research from the U.S. Geological Survey suggest that St. Louis faces a small, but real risk of a moderate to strong earthquake in the future, roughly a 2% chance over the ...