A new paper explains how the properties of fault rocks and geologic events that took place over a billion years ago could ...

a scientist with the U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program. She pointed to footage from a Taiwan maternity ward during a 7.4-magnitude quake last year, when an alert sent a trio of ...

Aftershocks continue after 6.1 quake with tourist sites still closed - Seismologist Gerasimos Papadopoulos said there would ...

Some of the recorded quakes don’t reach the surface. “The best guide to earthquake hazards in (this specific) seismic zone is the earthquakes themselves,” USGS stated in a summary of the ...

The United States Geological Survey recorded a 3.3 magnitude earthquake in central Illinois overnight Monday, May 12, with more than 120 people reporting they felt it as of Tuesday morning.

Naypyitaw: An earthquake of magnitude 4.0 struck Myanmar on Saturday, as reported by the National Center of Seismology (NCS).

according to the U.S. Geological Survey’s Earthquake Hazards Program. Strike-slip earthquakes occur when two blocks of tectonic crust are trying to slide sideways past each other; the blocks of ...

Dr Sue Hough, a scientist in the USGS' Earthquake Hazards Program, told KTLA5 that there are conflicting studies about what signs precede a major earthquake. Some research suggested more activity ...

The United States Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program, said on Friday that fatalities could be between 10,000 and 100,000 people, and the economic impact could be as high as 70% of ...

Washington state has seen several recent earthquakes ranging from small tremors near Tacoma and Vashon Island to larger quakes off the west coast. This list of stories illustrates the region's seismic ...

helping communities better understand and respond to earthquake hazards. Why did you choose to study at Scripps? A faculty member at my university recommended it as the place where cutting-edge ...

She is a member and current chair of the federal Advisory Committee for Earthquake Hazard Reduction (ACEHR). Her contributions to this article reflect her professional expertise and do not reflect ...