Earthquakes are the scariest natural disaster in my opinion. They strike without much warning, cause devastating damage, and ...

There's a chance even more earthquakes will occur in the same area, a USGS research geologist told Newsweek.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Sometimes to truly study something up close, you have to take a step back. That’s what Andrea Donnellan does. An expert in earth sciences and seismology, she gets much of her ...

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, ...

Two earthquakes of a 7.0 or greater magnitude have struck within days of each other in Alaska and Japan, prompting worries another big temblor could be on the way. The first quake hit in Alaska on Dec ...

When tens of thousands of earthquakes shook Santorini, the cause wasn’t just shifting tectonic plates—it was rising magma. Scientists tracked about 300 million cubic meters of molten rock pushing up ...

Understanding why some faults lock up while others rupture could help scientists better understand the most dangerous areas ...

After a "swarm" of over 30 earthquakes hit Fillmore Utah on Sunday morning, Utahns are worried about more in the future.