Scientists trace the source of Santorini quakes to deep magma flow, challenging fault-based theories with new volcanic ...

Scientists detected a slow-motion earthquake off Japan, offering rare insight into hidden faults and tsunami risks beneath ...

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When the island of Santorini was rattled by thousands of small earthquakes earlier this year, many people were left mystified ...

Borehole sensors were placed to detect slow-motion seismic event “It’s like a ripple moving across the plate interface,” said ...

A 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck near Lima, Peru on Sunday, shaking the region southwest of Callao. USGS reports ongoing ...

A “great earthquake,” with a magnitude higher than 8.0, has not happened along the Cascadia subduction zone since January 26, 1700, when a magnitude 9 quake struck the region.

EUGENE, Ore. (NBC) -- When an earthquake rips along the Cascadia Subduction Zone fault, much of the U.S. West Coast could shake violently for five minutes, and tsunami waves as tall as 100 feet ...

At the Seismological Society of America's Annual Meeting, researchers posed a seemingly simple question: how wide are faults? Using data compiled from single earthquakes across the world, Christie ...

It was given a ranking of 24. The fourth-most vulnerable county on the list, Shelby County in Tennessee, is located near the New Madrid Seismic Zone and is home to Memphis.

The earthquake in Southeast Asia was 7.7 magnitude at 6:20 a.m. GMT at a depth of 10km. Shallow earthquakes are more common and account for about 75% of the energy released from all quakes each year.

Californians have long dreaded the 'Big One'. But growing fears of a deadly earthquake are no longer confined to just the Golden State. Here experts reveal the worst 'time bomb' zones in the US ...