SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - California residents are no strangers to earthquakes but what is the science behind these destructive jolts of energy? First, let's start with the way we measure the size of an ...

There isn’t zero probability of earthquakes in the Rochester area, but it is much lower than in regions of the state with known faults, like southeastern New York and other coastal regions. There are ...

A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake hit central Myanmar (formerly Burma) Friday (March 28), shaking Mandalay, the country's second-largest city, as well as nearby countries, including China and ...

Seismic symphonies of minor earthquakes may affect grand movements on major faults. Small and distant earthquakes can disrupt the growth of slow-slip events — gradual fault movements that can release ...

Just off the coast of the Pacific Northwest is the Cascadia Subduction Zone, a complex collection of earthquake faults created by one tectonic plate pushing its way under another. Every 400-600 years, ...

Earthquakes have long been considered unpredictable, but a new study suggests that solar activity could play a role in triggering seismic events. Researchers from the University of Tsukuba in Japan ...

That was not your imagination. Two earthquakes in less than a week have rattled more than the ground across North Jersey. Whenever an earthquake strikes, many may wonder what caused the earthquake and ...

A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake rocked central Myanmar on March 28 at about 12:50 p.m. local time, leaving at least 144 people confirmed dead so far and triggering widespread damage across both ...