Solar-driven temperature shifts alter rock properties and underground water movement, potentially making the Earth’s crust ...

Earthquakes have long been considered unpredictable, but a new study suggests that solar activity could play a role in ...

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

Plate tectonics is the theory that Earth's outer layer is made up of plates, which have moved throughout Earth's history. The theory explains the how and why behind mountains, volcanoes ...

Fifteen years after the catastrophic 8.8 magnitude earthquake and tsunami in southern Chile, scientists predict a major quake ...

Tectonic movements happen when the tectonic plates of the Earth collide, move past, or move away from one another, accumulating stress along faults. This stress finally gets released as seismic ...