A "megaquake" hitting Japan in the next 30 years could trigger 100-foot tsunamis and kill hundreds of thousands of people.

The dynamic outer shell of our planet, often referred to as the lithosphere, is a fascinating mosaic of tectonic plates.

WHAT WE FOUND Earthquakes occur when stress builds up along fault lines and is suddenly released. But faults don't follow a ...

In that test the model was subjected to a series of simulated earthquakes starting with small amplitudes and then gradually increasing amplitude in successive runs. The frame failed under a simulated ...

Over 100 small earthquakes in Surrey might have been caused by oil drilling nearby, according to UCL research. The study, ...

The tremors of a 7.1 magnitude earthquake that rattled the region on Tuesday morning serve as a stark reminder of ...

As a powerful earthquake struck Tibet, killing 95 people on Tuesday (January 7), tremors were felt as far as Delhi and Bihar.

New research suggests that climate change could be changing earthquake patterns. Vanuatu is a sprawling archipelago covering a vast expanse of the South Pacific Ocean that lies between Australia ...