Wednesday’s magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands chain struck in a region that has experienced a handful of powerful quakes within the last five years — including one that shook communities almost exactly two years...
An ancient leg bone uncovered in Africa might provide a step forward in understanding how dinosaurs and their close relatives evolved.
The 225-million-year-old fossil adds to growing evidence that an enigmatic group of reptiles known as the silesaurs played...
Researchers have developed a laboratory earthquake model that connects the microscopic real contact area between fault surfaces to the possibility of earthquake occurrences. Published...
A 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck northern Chile on Friday, causing minor infrastructure damage and cutting power to more than 20,000 people.
The US Geological Survey...
This is the moment a 5.8-magnitude earthquake which struck in Turkey shakes a hotel in neighbouring Greece.
Footage shows the quake shaking CCTV cameras at...
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake shook a coastal town in Turkey on Tuesday, causing panic among residents, officials said. Dozens were reported injured after jumping...
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck near the coast of Ecuador on Friday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said, injuring at least 20 people,...
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 shook Istanbul and other areas of Turkey on Wednesday, prompting widespread panic and scores of injuries...
At the Seismological Society of America's Annual Meeting, researchers posed a seemingly simple question: how wide are faults?
Using data compiled from single earthquakes across...
A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck far off southwest Australia on Wednesday, but no tsunami warning was issued.
The epicenter was in the Indian Ocean 2,069 kilometers (1,283 miles)...
