Solar heat may influence earthquakes and their timings by altering rock brittleness and underground water movement.
Researchers have found a link between the sun's heat and Earth's seismic activity. Learn more about how this discovery could ...
Computer models that factor in the Sun's impact on Earth's surface temperatures are providing more accurate simulations of ...
On a dynamic planet like Earth, it can be easy for drivers of change to go unnoticed – but scientists have now established and investigated an unexpected link between the Sun and our homeworld.
Multiple earthquakes shook California's Bay Area Thursday afternoon. The earthquakes occurred near Hayward, around 20 miles southeast of Oakland, with the strongest one hitting at 1:59 p.m. local ...
The 5.0 magnitude earthquake is tied for the sixth strongest in state history. Scientists have warned for years that increased fracking in West Texas is causing higher earthquake activity.
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake was reported Sunday at 7:48 p.m. in the Pacific about seven miles from Los Angeles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake was also about seven miles ...
After a pair of small earthquakes shook San Bernardino on Monday morning, the city was jolted by another earthquake just before 10 p.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It was the second ...
A 3.0-magnitude earthquake shook the western part of Washington on Tuesday, Feb. 18, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The 5.4-mile deep quake hit about 7 miles east from Greenwater at 9:54 a.m ...
Cavlin said the earthquake remains a significant event because of its magnitude and shallow depth of just 10 kilometers beneath the surface, a factor that increases the likelihood of generating a ...
A 3.4-magnitude earthquake struck Southern California, then a 3.2 quake followed, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. Getty Images/iStockphoto UPDATE: Just hours after back-to-back earthquakes ...