The San Andreas Fault is the cause of some of the worst earthquakes ever seen. This fascinating tour in Palm Springs gets up ...

“The magnitude 7.7 earthquake appears to have ruptured a 200km section of the Sagaing Fault, a major North-South fault that ...

Earthquakes are measured using the Richter scale, which quantifies the energy released during these tectonic movements. A magnitude of 3.0, while noticeable and potentially alarming, is generally ...

The recent preliminary magnitude 3.0 earthquake serves as a critical reminder of the seismic environment in which we live. While this event may not have caused harm, it encourages discussions about ...

The report warns that a massive earthquake, "Great Himalayan Earthquake" (magnitude above 8), could strike due to tectonic activity in Northeast India, where the Indian plate is subducting beneath the ...

Earthquakes wreck economies and claim lives. India lost about $79.5 billion to climate disasters over twenty years. The Bhuj ...

A powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck central Myanmar has prompted geologists and disaster experts to warn of ...

Automatic assessments from the US Geological Survey (USGS) said the shallow 7.7-magnitude quake northwest of the central ...

The deadly earthquake that struck near Mandalay on Friday was caused by “strike-slip faulting” along the boundary of the ...

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