For centuries, the reflections of light or sound have been theorized. Scientists have always thought of another variable: ...

Earthquakes occur when the rock on one side of a fault slips relative to the other. The fault surface can be vertical, ...

These studies show that Mars is bombarded by meteorites far more often than previously thought — about 2.5 times more ...

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake rattled homes in Townsville on Saturday night. Geoscience Australia said the earthquake happened ...

A string of earthquakes has hit Washington in recent weeks. Are they connected, and do they tell us anything about the odds ...

A geologically dynamic region in the Great Rift Valley is closely watched by scientists as a fascinating natural laboratory.

The shakes have left the 'Big One' on many Greater Victorian minds – a megaquake on the boundary between the Juan de Fuca and ...

In 2021, a team led by Dr Gary Kinsland of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette found evidence that the impact and resulting tsunami left "megaripples" of sediment 16 meters (53 feet) high and 600 ...

On March 11, 2011, a major earthquake and a subsequent tsunami caused the Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan. In 2004, ...

When an earthquake strikes, it releases energy in the form of seismic waves that travel along the Earth's crust. The first wave to reach the surface is the primary or P wave, which is a ...

High-Resolution Anisotropic Tomography Reveals Mantle Flow Complexity and Slab-Plume Interactions, Redefining Subduction Zone ...