A major earthquake hasn't struck any of California's biggest cities in more than three decades, but the "Big One" is a matter ...

The ground-shaking that an earthquake generates is only a fraction of the total energy that a quake releases. A quake can also generate a flash of heat, along with a domino-like fracturing of ...

Most of Earth's seismic activity comes and goes without most people even realizing it. However, certain events are so forceful that their effects can be felt from thousands of miles away. You can even ...

Consider past events: after the 7.2-magnitude Bohol earthquake in 2013, nearly a hundred new sinkholes appeared across nine municipalities. In Negros Oriental, four sinkholes emerged the day after a ...

Earthquakes can be deadly and disastrous. But what we feel may constitute a tiny sliver of an earthquake’s destructive energy, according to a new experiment. In a recent AGU Advances paper, ...

TRINITY COUNTY, CA - According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a preliminary 2.4 magnitude quake struck near Willow Creek Sunday afternoon. At 6:52 p.m., the region was struck by a tremor. The ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland State University researchers simulated an earthquake on Friday, testing the effectiveness of a potentially revolutionary soil treatment. Researchers used a mobile field ...

A scanning electron photomicrograph highlights a region of rock that slipped during a laboratory-induced earthquake. The "flowy" central area represents a portion of the rock that was melted and ...