The earthquake that killed tens of thousands of people and led to the Fukushima nuclear shutdown was amplified by a soft layer of slippery clay, according to a new study. The layer is only around ...

Marine turbidites are layers of mud and sand deposited on the deep ocean floor by massive underwater landslides and are often used as a historical record for reconstructing earthquake histories.

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck off Russia's coast on Thursday, prompting a tsunami risk in the Pacific Ocean. A tsunami advisory was initially issued for Alaska's Aleutian Islands, but was later ...

A tsunami watch in Hawaii was canceled Thursday afternoon, hours after a 8.1. magnitude earthquake struck in the Southern Pacific Ocean, initially triggering the watch and warnings. Meanwhile, ...

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One of the most terrifying discoveries for the US population in general has just been made off the north coast of California. Scientists have found geological faults that had remai ...

The western half of Washington state is considered earthquake country, with the potential for very large quakes. Scientists have their top three. First, there’s the Cascadia Subduction Zone running ...

Earthquake sensors can detect sonic booms generated by reentering space debris to help track the potentially dangerous ...