California's seismic risk is increasing with supershear earthquakes, which are faster and more destructive than typical ...

Human activity can cause “healed” faults to release their stored strength, triggering unexpected quakes in tectonically stable regions.

Slow-motion earthquakes, as you might guess from the name, involve the release of pent-up geological energy over the course of days or weeks rather than minutes – and scientists have now recorded some ...

A shake alert went out over the U.S. Geological Survey's early warning system on Dec. 4, warning that a 5.9 earthquake near ...

A quiet Friday afternoon in central Myanmar was shattered on March 28, 2025, when a massive magnitude 7.7 earthquake tore through the region. The rupture followed the notorious Sagaing Fault, a strike ...

Real Salt Lake can move into a playoff position with a home victory over the struggling San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday in Sandy, Utah. San Jose (7-9-8, 29 points) is just a point ahead of Salt Lake ...

The federal government and earthquake experts blamed a technical glitch for the alert that sent warnings hundreds of miles ...

A nearly 6 magnitude earthquake struck 102 miles off the Oregon Coast on Sept. 8, followed by a series of aftershocks. The 5.8 magnitude earthquake occurred at approximately 9:08 p.m., southwest of ...

A 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Oregon at around 10:30 p.m. local time on Monday night, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. Two more tremors struck the area soon afterwards, ...