Accurate assessment of the land surface damage (such as small-scale fracturing and inelastic deformation) from two major ...

The swarm near Santorini appears to be related to the activation of a system of normal faults, fractures in the Earth’s crust ...

When it does, it releases energy in a burst, which causes the shaking of an earthquake. Earthquakes happen most often where tectonic plates meet. Tectonic plates are pieces of crust that fit ...

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has rattled southern Texas in the vicinity of San Antonio, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) ...

Santorini's earthquakes are intensifying as a rare earthquake swarm continues to rattle the Mediterranean's Aegean Sea. The ...

A small earthquake was recorded in South Texas this weekend, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake happened at 2 ...

Seismologists are closely monitoring California's fault lines as concerns grow about the possibility that the "Big One" could happen soon. The "Big One" refers to a massive earthquake that could ...

Greece has declared a state of emergency on Santorini after hundreds of undersea earthquakes shook the resort island for nearly a week ...

MAINE, USA — A 3.8-magnitude earthquake off the coast of York Harbor rattled the coast of Maine and across New England early Monday morning, startling residents and leaving many wondering if a larger ...

On Ellesmere Island in the Arctic, on one of the northernmost points of land in the world, sits a small permanent seismic ...

Scientists have detected several thousand earthquakes, the vast majority of them with small magnitudes, in just over two ...