The magnitude 2.8 earthquake appears to have an epicenter near the eastern shores of Lake Murray near Hollywood Point.

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

SPARTA, N.C. (WNCN) — The second earthquake of the week and the 3rd of the month hit North Carolina Friday afternoon. A small 2.2 magnitude earthquake hit just after lunch Friday near Sparta North ...

A new 3D subsurface model shows how variations in rock strength beneath the Marmara Sea could trigger future large earthquakes along the North Anatolian Fault. The findings improve understanding of ...

Stanford researchers have created the first-ever global map of a rare earthquake type that occurs not in Earth's crust but in ...

Stanford University researchers have pulled back a curtain on a hidden part of Earth that rarely makes headlines. Their new ...

Learn how seismic waves helped identify rare mantle earthquakes deep below Earth’s crust, offering new insight into the ...

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 ...

New research shows that a fragile clay layer beneath the Japan Trench played a key role in the extreme seafloor movement ...

More than 120 seismometers detected sonic booms from space debris and enabled its fall to be tracked with unprecedented ...

At the Cascadia subduction zone in the Pacific Northwest, one tectonic plate is moving underneath another. New experimental work at UC Davis shows how rocks on faults deep in the Earth can cement ...

The most violent of the earthquakes was a magnitude 4.2 shaker that was centered about 2½ miles southeast of downtown San ...