A CCTV video from Myanmar has revealed the first direct footage of a curved fault slip during an earthquake—confirming long-held geological theories and deepening our understanding of rupture dynamics ...

The Pacific Northwest boasts an extensive network of more than 600 seismic monitoring stations that help researchers track ...

Although they mostly go unnoticed by humans, small earthquakes occur much more frequently than large earthquakes, and knowing ...

Megathrust earthquakes are large earthquakes that occur on faults found along the boundaries between tectonic plates. The ...

A colossal 7.7 magnitude earthquake rocked central Myanmar in March 2025, marking the strongest quake in over a century. What ...

According to a separate group’s paper published in the same journal, the southern portion of the rupture occurred at an ...

Seismologists reveal that the March 28, 2025, Myanmar earthquake likely moved at 'supershear' velocity, which is analogous to ...

The first studies of the 28 March 2025 magnitude 7.8 Myanmar earthquake suggest that the southern portion of its rupture ...

The so-called earthquake swarm at Mount Rainier dwindled Friday but has surpassed the last large event at the volcano in 2009, the USGS said.

Officials are tracking the largest swarm of earthquakes in more than 15 years at Mount Rainier in Washington. But they say there is no indication the cluster of quakes is cause for concern. The U ...

Mount Rainier is rattled by more than 300 earthquakes. It's the largest swarm in years. The last large earthquake swarm at Mount Rainier occurred in 2009. During that time, more than 1,000 ...

Residents walk past debris from damaged houses in Santa Maria de Jesus, Guatemala, Wednesday, July 9, 2025, following dozens of earthquakes and aftershocks that were recorded in a matter of hours ...