Earthquakes have shaped the planet’s geography and influenced human history in profound ways. Among these natural events, one ...

Tehran could use the earthquake to try to convince enemies to refrain from destroying its nuclear facilities. Yet sources ...

Earthquakes and secondary disasters like landslides and tsunamis ... Some studies suggest that tidal forces and electromagnetic effects from celestial bodies, such as the moon and the sun, may play a ...

First COVID-19 sent Utahns home. Then on March 18, 2020, a 5.7-magnitude earthquake rocked the Salt Lake Valley and beyond.

In early December 1990, the town of New Madrid found itself at the center of international attention, not because of an ...

One of the “worst-case scenarios” with an epicenter in southeast Missouri, near Sikeston, would be the least disastrous of ...

WASHINGTON, March 4, 2025 – Seismology has revealed much of the basics about earthquakes ... pointing to tidal forces or electromagnetic effects interacting with the planet’s crust, core ...

A new analysis of earthquake rupture directivity provides essential insights for seismic hazard and risk assessments in urban ...

PEMBROKE, GA (FOX Carolina) - The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said an overnight earthquake was reported in a Georgia town on Thursday morning. According to the USGS, the earthquake had a ...

A new analysis of earthquake rupture directivity provides essential insights for seismic hazard and risk assessments in urban ...

The team cautions that the effect of solar heat on earthquakes may only be minute, but such could still be a significant piece of the larger puzzle. "It's an exciting direction—and we hope our ...

Tremors were felt in Malaysia after a moderate earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale struck off the west coast of ...