A new kind of earthquake has been detected in western Canada, one that shakes the ground slower and longer than typical ...

Any earthquake that has a magnitude of 6 or higher is considered a major event, and is also strong enough to cause significant loss of life and property. Most earthquakes occur when two blocks ...

The good news for 2024 U.S. quakes — no casualties and little damage. On the other side of the scale, induced earthquake activity remains high and our response to tsunami warnings leaves much ...

Plugged wells and reduced injection lower induced earthquake rates in Oklahoma, study finds. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 11, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 11 / 241113192724.htm ...

Plugged wells and reduced injection lower induced earthquake rates in Oklahoma. Seismological Society of America. Journal The Seismic Record DOI 10.1785/0320240030. Keywords ...

Scurry County sees rise in earthquake activity, likely induced by wastewater disposal. by Copeland Welch. Tue, July 30th 2024 at 5:25 PM. Updated Wed, July 31st 2024 at 10:17 AM. 3. VIEW ALL PHOTOS.

In some areas, the ground could sink 6 feet in the moments after an earthquake in the Pacific Northwest, ... climate change will increase risk for such earthquake-induced flooding.

A major earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone could cause coastal land from to sink permanently, dramatically increasing the risk of flooding, according to a new study.

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck near Toyah, Texas, a sparsely populated town 190 miles east from El Paso, on Friday, February 14, 2025 (Figure 1). The quake was felt all the way to Albuquerque ...

What’s the strongest earthquake ever recorded in Texas? Texas’ strongest earthquake in history struck around 5:40 a.m. on Aug. 16, 1931. The magnitude 5.8 earthquake was centered about 7.5 ...

The good news for 2024 U.S. quakes — no casualties and little damage. On the other side of the scale, induced earthquake activity remains high and our response to tsunami warnings leaves much ...