Scientists used to think so-called “slow slip events” were “theoretically impossible.” Now these subtle tectonic shifts could ...

Myanmar’s March 28, 2025 earthquake did not just shake the ground around Mandalay, it ripped across the country on a scale ...

San Andreas Fault and the smaller San Jacinto Fault are now "critically stressed" – reaching a 1,000-year high level of ...

Scientists say the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults are more stressed than at any time in 1,000 years, raising questions about future California quakes.

Research emerging from China points to structural vulnerabilities and geological threats which make foundation-bearing ...

Off the coast of Vancouver Island, a slab of ocean floor has dropped by about five kilometers along a fault that scientists ...

When people think about geological faults, they usually think about earthquakes. Yet faults do not move only during ...

Scientists directly observed a massive underwater volcanic eruption that created new oceanic crust, offering rare insight ...

A research group led by Satoshi Ide from the University of Tokyo has demonstrated that classic earthquake generation theory does not hold in areas where the angle at which a tectonic plate dips under ...

Scientists have discovered that seismic waves traveling to Earth’s core and back caused almost all of Japan to shift eastward ...

New research finds the San Andreas and San Jacinto fault systems are in a “critically loaded” state, with stress levels that ...

Chinese authorities have positioned the project as a key pillar of the country's clean energy strategy. Once operational, it ...