Scientists found that earthquake damage extends up to 60 miles from major faults, weakening rock and accelerating erosion.

Scientists have produced the first detailed global map of deep earthquakes occurring beneath continents, revealing a previously poorly understood system operating within the Earth's crust and upper ...

A research group led by Satoshi Ide from the University of Tokyo has demonstrated that classic earthquake generation theory ...

A moving country, a cosmic first, and much more! We start with a giant earthquake that may have moved Japan. A new analysis ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Sometimes to truly study something up close, you have to take a step back. That’s what Andrea Donnellan does. An expert in earth sciences and seismology, she gets much of her ...

Scientists have discovered that seismic waves traveling to Earth’s core and back caused almost all of Japan to shift eastward ...

(Grant Faint/The Image Bank/Getty Images) When the magnitude 9.0 Tōhoku earthquake struck off the coast of Japan in 2011, its seismic shivers did more than ripple through the planet. At least one wave ...

The phenomenon is called coastal uplift, and it happens when the seabed rises in response to the up-and-down movement of an earthquake ...

CARBONDALE — This year’s observance of Earth Science Week at Southern Illinois University Carbondale will focus on meeting energy needs in a sustainable way on campus, in the region and beyond, along ...