A deep earthquake in Chile surprised scientists by using heat to grow stronger far underground and cause serious surface ...

Dynamic earthquake rupture is one of the most extensive and devastating fracture phenomena on the Earth. It causes a sudden crustal deformation around a fault and generates seismic waves that induce ...

New research in Yellowstone National Park has found a connection between earthquake swarms and the chemical reactions needed to sustain ...

Ethiopia’s Afar and Oromia regions have been hit by several earthquakes and tremors since the beginning of 2025. The strongest, with a magnitude of 5.7, struck on 4 January. The US Geological Survey ...

It's commonly assumed that earthquakes occur only near the boundaries of tectonic plates, and roughly 90% of earthquakes do happen in these areas. These boundaries include, for example, the San ...

Earth's crust is the planet's outermost layer. It is made of solid rock and sits on top of another layer, called the mantle.