A research group explores how the makeup of rocks, specifically their permeability -- or how easily fluids can flow through them -- affects the frequency and intensity of slow slip events. Slow slips' ...

Researchers at the University of Western Ontario have uncovered over 86,000 earthquakes moving in chaotic swarms through rough, young fault lines beneath Yellowstone. The findings are significantly ...

An area of Texas could be set to receive more earthquakes as seismic activity moves along a newly activated fault zone. Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin looked at seven years' worth ...

Last week, Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula was hit by a magnitude 8.8 earthquake –the sixth–largest ever recorded. The tremor released enormous amounts of destructive energy, triggering tsunami warnings ...

Supershear earthquakes, moving faster than seismic waves, could cause catastrophic shaking across California. USC researchers warn that many faults capable of magnitude 7 quakes might produce these ...

Jackson School Associate Professor Nicola Tisato and Research Professor Harm Van Avendonk stop for a selfie in New Zealand in 2022. Earthquakes are the most dramatic and noteworthy results of tectonic ...