Yann Klinger is a seismologist at the Institut de Physique du Globe in Paris. He describes the geophysical activity in the ...

Earthquakes are known for being destructive forces of nature, but not all of them actually stem from purely natural causes.

Plate temperature and water release can explain the occurrence of different types of earthquakes in Guerrera, Mexico. A Kobe ...

Earthquakes happen every day all over the world, along both tectonic plate edges and interiors. Earthquakes occur along faults, which are fractures between blocks of rock that allow the blocks to move ...

A massive 7.7 earthquake originating in Myanmar has collapsed buildings over 600 miles away in Bangkok, Thailand ...

A major earthquake in Myanmar on Friday has caused more than 1,600 deaths and led to the collapse of numerous structures.

The Pacific Northwest typically experiences three types of earthquakes: Shallow fault quakes: Ruptures in faults located in the upper 18 miles of the Earth's crust. These earthquakes typically ...

Another scale is based on the physical size of the earthquake fault and the amount of slip that occurred ... the building (or other structure) design, and the type of surface material (rock or dirt) ...

The powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake rocked Myanmar and reverberated across the region, with several dead and nearly 100 ...

From Napa to Santa Cruz, people felt the jolt of a 3.9 earthquake Monday. The epicenter was near Dublin on the Calaveras ...