Earthquakes have shaped the planet’s geography and influenced human history in profound ways. Among these natural events, one stands supreme in terms of magnitude and impact. The Great Chilean ...

A new study corrects the recorded depth of an earthquake in Japan, revealing that it was not the deepest in history.

This week FM Global, one of the largest commercial property insurers based in the U.S., released the world’s most comprehensive global earthquake risk map to date.

There are millions of low-magnitude earthquakes that occur around the world every year, including the 2.2 magnitude seismic event that shook parts of the Lowcou ...

Scientists detected a slow-motion earthquake off Japan, offering rare insight into hidden faults and tsunami risks beneath the seafloor.

The global network of earthquake monitors uses those seismic waves to pinpoint the time, ... The 2021 South Sandwich Island M w 8.2 Earthquake: A Slow Event Sandwiched Between Regular Ruptures.

Millions of people dropped to the ground and crouched under their desks Thursday as part of the world's largest earthquake drill. The "Great ShakeOut," an annual earthquake drill that started in ...

Analysis of Global Positioning System (GPS) time-series data from nearly 100 large earthquakes worldwide has provided evidence for the existence of a precursory phase of fault slip occurring two ...

Global catalogues generally detect and associate P waves from multiple stations to locate an event; thus, many small events with P waves recorded on fewer than 3–5 stations may not be located ...