Japan is well known for its large earthquakes, but not all regions show the same patterns of earthquake activity. One way to ...
To better understand the scale of past earthquakes and tsunamis, scientists often use earthquake modeling or turn to evidence the tsunamis leave behind, such as sand deposits. The most recent great ...
The fault beneath Istanbul doesn’t behave the way scientists once thought. New research from USC shows that variations in underground temperature and sediment thickness segment the Main Marmara Fault ...
It’s been a jiggly week in the east San Francisco Bay Area. The USGS recorded 120 earthquakes all centered within a few miles of the city of San Ramon. Most were far too small to be felt, but six made ...
Puerto Rico experienced several days of shaky ground, as much as five events in a single day, according to U.S. Geological Survey records.