On Wednesday morning (local time), an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck just off the coast of eastern Russia. It was the sixth strongest earthquake on record! The great earthquake triggered tsunami ...

Rolling elevation on the East Coast, like the Appalachian Mountains, are a record of past seismic activity. Think of the way ...

What Is a Tsunami and How Does It Form? A tsunami is a series of ocean waves caused by a sudden disturbance, usually an underwater earthquake, that pushes a large amount of water up or down. Most ...

— James Webb, Mineral Point, Wis. A Chuck DeMets, professor of geophysics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison: Most earthquakes occur when a geological fault, a fracture within the Earth’s crust, ...

Each Yellowstone earthquake swarm is unique, lasting minutes to weeks and including a few to thousands of earthquakes that might or might not move around over time. With long-term investments in ...

Scientists are investigating the cause of recent regional earthquake activity that affected Kentucky over the weekend. A small 2.8 magnitude earthquake was recorded in Nicholasville in the early ...

A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck off the coast of the southern Philippines on Friday, killing at least six people and ...