Earthquakes have shaped the planet’s geography and influenced human history in profound ways. Among these natural events, one ...

When the ground shakes violently, entire cities can crumble within minutes. Homes, hospitals, roads, and lives can vanish suddenly. Despite advances in technology, predicting when earthquakes will ...

The effect of an earthquake is the damage which happens as a result of the earthquake. The effects of an earthquake can vary depending on: We can classify the effects of an earthquake into the ...

Utahns view a major earthquake as a life-altering event with widespread destruction. Although the “big one” is long overdue ...

Tehran could use the earthquake to try to convince enemies to refrain from destroying its nuclear facilities. Yet sources ...

A new analysis of earthquake rupture directivity provides essential insights for seismic hazard and risk assessments in urban ...

One of the “worst-case scenarios” with an epicenter in southeast Missouri, near Sikeston, would be the least disastrous of ...

The team cautions that the effect of solar heat on earthquakes may only be minute, but such could still be a significant piece of the larger puzzle. "It's an exciting direction—and we hope our ...

"We were somewhat surprised that the geographic effect was very dependent on the type of geotechnical region the earthquake ...

First COVID-19 sent Utahns home. Then on March 18, 2020, a 5.7-magnitude earthquake rocked the Salt Lake Valley and beyond.

Decades later, the 1886 Charleston, South Carolina earthquake killed nearly 60 people and devastated the city. The effects of that quake were felt here in Georgia, as well.