Groundwater extraction, plate tectonics and consequences of the last glacial period mean that most of the US's biggest cities ...

A significant earthquake shook the sparse desert landscape of West Texas on Saturday evening, marking the largest in a ...

At just over two miles, if fully completed, the Strait of Messina Bridge would become the largest suspension bridge in the ...

In a nation rocked by centuries of devastating earthquakes, none comes close to the death and devastation unleashed a month ...

A future Cascadia earthquake could unleash far more than just devastating shaking — it could sink large parts of the Pacific ...

The quake’s epicenter was located near Des Moines, Washington, and was one of the strongest in the region’s recorded history ...

When an earthquake rips along the Cascadia Subduction Zone fault, much of the U.S. West Coast could shake violently for five ...

The areas of warmer colors experienced larger ground uplift during the earthquake. Traces of seafloor active faults (the cyan ...

On New Year's Day 2024, a massive 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck the Noto Peninsula in north central Japan, resulting in ...

The study, published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), found that a major earthquake ...

At about 11:46 p.m. Sunday, a magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck about 9 miles west-southwest of Johannesburg, according to the ...