The Heartland sits in proximity to the most active location for earthquakes east of the Rocky Mountains due to the Reelfoot Rift deep within the bedrock, according to New Madrid Historical Museum ...

Seventy-five tremors hit San Ramon, a small California city on February 2. Here's what caused the swarm and why it isn't ...

Indonesia's East Priangan region was rocked by a tectonic earthquake with a magnitude of 4.8 early Wednesday morning, February 18, 2026, at 1:00 am.

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency ( BMKG) reported a magnitude 5.5 tectonic earthquake that struck the West Southeast Maluku region in Maluku province on ...

Several earthquakes shook parts of the state over the weekend. An expert explains how this is not a sign of a bigger event to ...

A new 3D subsurface model shows how variations in rock strength beneath the Marmara Sea could trigger future large earthquakes along the North Anatolian Fault. The findings improve understanding of ...

When tens of thousands of earthquakes shook Santorini, the cause wasn’t just shifting tectonic plates—it was rising magma. Scientists tracked about 300 million cubic meters of molten rock pushing up ...

First global map of mantle earthquakes reveals seismic activity far beneath continents, challenging old ideas about Earth’s ...

— James Webb, Mineral Point, Wis. A Chuck DeMets, professor of geophysics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison: Most earthquakes occur when a geological fault, a fracture within the Earth’s crust, ...

Forecasting earthquakes presents a serious challenge on land, but in the oceans that cover around 70% of Earth's surface it is all but impossible. However, the vast network of undersea cables that ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – With recent earthquakes felt in parts of Dorchester County and the Midlands in recent weeks, we ...