Tectonic plates are, like most of us, under a lot of stress and are always in motion. But they move slowly, and the exact moment when the stress between them will be released is uncertain. While ...

Southern California is experiencing a notable uptick in seismic activity, with experts confirming a surge in moderate earthquakes not seen in decades. The trend is prompting increased concern and ...

Earthquakes have long been associated with fault lines, jagged edges where tectonic plates meet and collide. Several studies explain how these seismic activities are not limited to these boundaries.

The 4.8 magnitude earthquake that struck New Jersey on Friday generated shaking that could be felt from Washington, D.C., to north of Boston. About 55 earthquakes a day – 20,000 a year – are recorded ...

A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck near the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif early on Monday, killing at least seven people and injuring about 150, just months after a quake and strong ...

The rare and colorful lights sometimes seen before major earthquakes could come from electric charges in certain types of rock. Dara Kerr was a senior reporter for CNET covering the on-demand economy ...

Slow earthquakes have been discovered to exhibit anomalously slow, long-lasting and small slips, adjacent to regular earthquakes where we sometimes feel catastrophic vibration. However, no one knows ...

The simple energy-dissipation device, the team explained, is a cylinder filled with steel balls that relies on the power of friction to protect infrastructure from earthquakes, wind and industrial ...

One of the worst earthquakes in European history ripped through Portugal in 1755, causing a tsunami, fires and shaking that killed tens of thousands of people and caused widespread destruction.