When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. People stand by a collapsed building in Mandalay on March 28, 2025, after a deadly magnitude 7.7 ...

Multiple notable earthquakes have struck the United States this year, including a powerful quake in California and a historic event on the East Coast earlier in 2024. Strong earthquakes can lead to ...

A rare, ultra-long earthquake in Myanmar revealed that mature faults can deliver their full force directly to the surface. The discovery could mean stronger shaking near faults like California’s San ...

Diego Melgar earned his PhD in geophysics from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego in 2014. He came to Scripps in search of cutting-edge earthquake science — and found not only ...

I study earthquakes, seismic waves, and Earth processes in many parts of the world, and have long been obsessed with the enigma of why earthquakes occur in the Eastern United States (EUS), deep in the ...

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An odd earthquake swarm has struck the region between the Czech Republic and Germany, far from any tectonic plate boundary. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Climate journalist Emma Pattee has been worried about the so-called big one—an off-the-charts earthquake—hitting her town in Portland, Ore., for some time now. She’s not alone: scientists estimate at ...