Solar heat may influence earthquakes and their timings by altering rock brittleness and underground water movement.

For decades, seismologists have worked to understand and predict earthquakes, but forecasting remains elusive. Now, ...

A string of earthquakes has hit Washington in recent weeks. Are they connected, and do they tell us anything about the odds ...

A minor 4.0 magnitude earthquake in Delhi-NCR has revived concerns about a potential 'Great Himalayan Earthquake' due to tectonic strain between the Indian and Eurasian plates. Experts have warned ...

Ultra-stable laser technology is being used to detect earthquakes in the Southwest Pacific thanks to an inventive method ...

Seismology has previously revealed that tectonic plates move, causing strain energy to build up, and that energy eventually ...

Strain slowly builds up until the fault’s frictional strength is exceeded and the rocks slip past each other in a “megathrust” earthquake. Washington Geologic Survey Another common ...

A Japanese government panel also predicted that an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8 could occur near the trench within 30 ...

Earthquakes in the Himalayan region occur when Indian plate collides with the Eurasian plate. These tectonic collisions lead to fault lines with major geological strain. A shallow 4.0 magnitude ...