Earthquakes that happen in densely populated mountainous regions, such as the Himalaya, spell bigger earthquakes because of a fast tectonic-plate collision, according to a new study. Earthquakes that ...

Earthquakes themselves affect the movement of Earth's tectonic plates, which in turn could impact on future earthquakes, according to new research from the University of Copenhagen. This new knowledge ...

The edge of a tectonic plate, one of the massive shelves of crust that carry the continents and ocean’s floor, is splitting right down the middle. Scientists started to study the plate, located off ...

WASHINGTON — Puerto Rico has felt hundreds of aftershocks after the Jan. 7 magnitude 6.4 earthquake. And throughout history, earthquakes are not an unheard-of occurrence on the island. This is because ...

A groundbreaking study has provided new insights into the forces that cause tectonic movements in Europe’s most seismically active regions. Researchers used advanced satellite data to track land ...

The 8.2 magnitude earthquake that brought devastation and 98 deaths to southern Mexico in September 2017 was even more extreme than initially thought — it split the tectonic plate responsible for the ...

A 6.3-magnitude quake near Mazar-e Sharif exposed Afghanistan's seismic threat. Experts explained how the collision of the ...

Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) recorded a tectonic earthquake with a magnitude of 6 that ...

Rescuers and volunteers in Mexico City search for survivors amid the rubble and debris following the 2017 earthquake. Getty Images The 8.2 magnitude earthquake that brought devastation and 98 deaths ...

The 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Turkey and northern Syria on February 6 has caused immense devastation—thousands of buildings have collapsed and over 16,000 people have lost their lives—but some ...

One would assume the lithosphere would be lower-density than the asthenosphere. As the lithosphere tries diving into the layer below it wouldn't it want to float back to the top? Rather than the ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Thirty years after the Loma Prieta earthquake rocked the San Francisco Bay Area, killing 63 people, scientists have a chilling reminder: that quake was just a warm up. "The ...