In a recent Science study, researchers used 15 kilometers of telecom fiber near Mendocino, Calif., to record the region’s ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. People stand by a collapsed building in Mandalay on March 28, 2025, after a deadly magnitude 7.7 ...

A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.7 hit Mandalay, Myanmar 's second largest city, on Friday. It struck at midday and was followed by a strong 6.4 magnitude aftershock. It also shook neighbouring ...

Just off the coast of the Pacific Northwest is the Cascadia Subduction Zone, a complex collection of earthquake faults created by one tectonic plate pushing its way under another. Every 400-600 years, ...

On Jan. 1, 2024, a 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck the Noto Peninsula in Japan, resulting in extensive damage in the region caused by uplift, when the land rises due to shifting tectonic plates. The ...

Magma seeping into a reservoir under the island of Santorini set off thousands of quakes, some of which almost reached a 5.0 ...

"What we looked at was kind of lesser though and lesser-known consequences of the next earthquake, which is the land subsidence, or the way the land is going to drop down," said Dr. Tina Dura, the ...

A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake hit central Myanmar (formerly Burma) Friday (March 28), shaking Mandalay, the country's second-largest city, as well as nearby countries, including China and ...