Earthquakes are strong and sudden movements of the Earth's surface caused by shifts in the Earth's crust. They can change the ...

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake that struck Northern California on Wednesday morning, combined with an upcoming statewide earthquake practice drill, has many in the Golden State thinking about disaster ...

The case study published in Seismological Research Letters was a serendipitous test of two recent questionnaire-based frameworks established to distinguish natural and induced earthquakes, the latter ...

The annual "Great ShakeOut" earthquake drill took place earlier today, Oct. 16. The minute-long drill at 10:16 a.m. local time encouraged folks to practice and prepare for the proper response to an ...

With a small earthquake near Seattle still top of mind, it’s a good time to remind people that the Great Washington ShakeOut earthquake preparedness drill is coming up next week. The ShakeOut on Oct.

Earthquake-induced soil liquefaction, often described as the phenomena of seismic generation of excess porewater pressures and consequent softening of granular soils, is a leading cause of earthquake ...