Scientists at Stanford have unveiled the first-ever global map of rare earthquakes that rumble deep within Earth’s mantle rather than its crust. Long debated and notoriously difficult to confirm, ...

Earthquake damage isn't solely determined by magnitude; factors like depth, local geology, and infrastructure resilience play ...

Some large earthquakes may flip direction and “boomerang” back, striking the same area twice and reshaping damage patterns.

An earthquake typically sets off ruptures that ripple out from its underground origins. But on rare occasions, seismologists ...

Onlookers gaze out to sea at the Sutro Baths overlook in San Francisco on Dec. 5, 2025. A tsunami warning was issued after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck off the coast of the Humboldt Peninsula, ...

A series of earthquakes rocked a Bay Area city on Feb. 2. Did you feel it? San Ramon was hit by a cluster of quakes starting with a magnitude 3.8 earthquake about 2.4 miles southeast of the city, ...

Minor earthquakes happen in and around New York more often than many people realize. This map shows where they've struck over the past decades - and how close some may have been to you.