Earthquakes are sudden slippages or movements ... greater than 100,000 are located within the seismic area of the New Madrid fault. Major Third World cities in which large numbers are forced ...

At the Seismological Society of America's Annual Meeting, researchers posed a seemingly simple question: how wide are faults?

Earthquake today: An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 struck Afghanistan on Saturday afternoon, triggering tremors across Pakistan and northern India. Earthquake today: A working seismograph is shown ...

Using data compiled from single earthquakes across the world, Christie Rowe of the Nevada Seismological Laboratory at the University of Nevada, Reno and Alex Hatem of the U.S. Geological Survey sought ...

After two significant earthquakes ... seismic activity, groundwater in the cavern can violently slosh back and forth – known as a seiche – disrupting the fragile ecosystem the fish depend on.

When a 5.2 magnitude earthquake shook their enclosure on Monday, a group of African elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park instinctively sprang into action to protect each other. The moment was ...

David Zentz / Aurora Select One of Lucy Jones’ first memories is of an earthquake ... 200th anniversary of a series of quakes around New Madrid, Missouri, still the most powerful temblors ...

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There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries after an earthquake struck Afghanistan and tremors were felt in the Delhi-NCR and Jammu and Kashmir. Myanmar, Thailand, Bangkok Earthquake ...

Kash Patel’s embrace of the spotlight appears to be a break from the recent past ... Mr. Patel, 44, seems to relish his new status as director, cutting a highly visible path while running ...