A magnitude 7.0 earthquake shook eastern Indonesia and southern Philippines on Wednesday, with no damage immediately reported and no tsunami warning issued.
Some residents tried...
Explosions from a sinking ship are among the unexpected sounds detected by 50 highly sensitive seismometers placed on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean...
A strong undersea earthquake shook western Indonesia Monday morning. But there were no immediate reports of serious damage or casualties.
The magnitude 6.0 earthquake was...
Northern California residents awoke early Tuesday to a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that killed at least two people, damaged infrastructure and cut off power for...
Magma pumping through a massive complex of flat, interconnected chambers deep beneath volcanoes in Hawai'i appears to be responsible for an unexplained swarm of...
The great 2011 earthquake that caused the tsunami in northeastern Japan is still remembered for its destructive power.
Also known as the Mw 9.0 Tohoku...
Earthquakes are notoriously hard to predict, and so too are the usually less-severe aftershocks that often follow a major seismic event.
Greg McLaskey '05, associate...