Scientists have confirmed that a mysterious Utah earthquake first detected in 1979 really did occur nearly 90 kilometers ...

A 4.5 magnitude earthquake just west of Húsmúli was documented by the Icelandic Meteorological Office at 13:45 today, June 1, ...

Researchers have identified a previously unknown type of earthquake that can begin as deep as 55 miles underground.

Off the southern coast of Japan, the Philippine Sea Plate lies underneath the Japanese mainland. The locked tectonic plates threaten to unleash a catastrophic megathrust earthquake, likely within the ...

American seismologists have confirmed the existence of a rare class of seismic events — earthquakes in the Earth's upper ...

From December 1811 to February 1812, the central U.S. was rocked by a series of earthquakes, the last of which was the largest in modern history. The earthquakes were so powerful that they consumed ...

By studying life deep inside a former gold mine, a Northwestern University-led team of scientists has uncovered evidence that ...

The Trump administration is opening up an "irreparable blind spot" in the nation's ability to predict natural disasters, ...

The Trump administration has proposed federal funding cuts to a little corner of research called social, behavioral and economic science.

The Trump administration plans to scrap a $368-million investment in deep-sea ocean monitoring that is critical to monitoring ...

The Conversation reports that precast concrete homes are a durable, affordable alternative to wood, better suited for extreme ...

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