An earthquake typically sets off ruptures that ripple out from its underground origins. But on rare occasions, seismologists ...

The threat of earthquakes should be taken as “constant” in regions where tremors come and go, according to seismologists who describe the concept of an overdue disaster as a “myth. ” After assessing ...

Some large earthquakes may flip direction and “boomerang” back, striking the same area twice and reshaping damage patterns.

Learn more about “boomerang” earthquakes and why scientists say they may be more common than previously believed.

First global map of mantle earthquakes reveals seismic activity far beneath continents, challenging old ideas about Earth’s ...

Osaka, Japan — Slow earthquakes have been discovered to exhibit anomalously slow, long-lasting and small slips, adjacent to regular earthquakes where we sometimes feel catastrophic vibration (Fig. 1).