Four earthquakes up to magnitude 4.0 shook Louisiana, raising questions about hidden faults, seismic risks, and the region’s rarely studied geology.

Osaka, Japan — Slow earthquakes have been discovered to exhibit anomalously slow, long-lasting and small slips, adjacent to regular earthquakes where we sometimes feel catastrophic vibration (Fig. 1).

Researchers were once unsure whether mantle earthquakes existed. Now they have a global map of this mysterious phenomenon. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Earthquakes happen daily, sometimes with devastating consequences, yet predicting them remains out of reach. What scientists can do is map the hidden layers beneath the surface that control how ...

Earthquakes don’t occur everywhere. They occur along the boundaries of the earth’s tectonic plates, along either known active faults or dormant faults. The East Coast is crisscrossed with ancient ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Sometimes to truly study something up close, you have to take a step back. That’s what Andrea Donnellan does. An expert in earth sciences and seismology, she gets much of her ...

FAYETTEVILLE -- The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville's College of Engineering tested a full-scale steel beam against simulated earthquake forces Wednesday, an experiment that can influence design ...