Scientists give verdict on popular theory that massive Himalayan earthquake is ‘overdue’ - Major quakes are just as random and unpredictable as smaller tremors, research finds ...

It’s been a jiggly week in the east San Francisco Bay Area. The USGS recorded 120 earthquakes all centered within a few miles of the city of San Ramon. Most were far too small to be felt, but six made ...

The investigative minds at How to Survive use a magnitude scale to show the exponential increase in energy between a 5.0 and a 9.0 quake and why modern "base isolation" saves buildings.

The fault beneath Istanbul doesn’t behave the way scientists once thought. New research from USC shows that variations in underground temperature and sediment thickness segment the Main Marmara Fault ...