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

Los Angeles could be edging closer to “the big one,” with new research finding earthquake stress has reached its highest ...

"For a large earthquake to occur, the accumulated strain on the fault must exceed the strength of the asperity. It’s a little ...

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

Scientists used artificial intelligence to find hidden slow fault movements. These silent events occur beneath California's ...

Bridget Smith-Konter is a Northern Arizona University researcher who studies the San Andreas fault. And her newest research ...

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

In fault gouge, fluids drive chemical healing by cementing grains, a mechanism for seismic slip in rocks frictionally ...

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 ...

A June study found stress levels along key Southern California faults have reached 1,000-year highs, reinforcing warnings ...

According to the study, both fault systems have reached exceptionally high stress levels due to centuries of tectonic strain.

Two weeks after a pair of earthquakes decimated cities in the nation’s north, experts are still trying to understand the ...