NEW MADRID FAULT (MO-AR-KY-TN) — On this day in 1811, the natural disaster that became known as the New Madrid Earthquakes of ...

"Most tsunamis, and the largest, result from earthquakes on reverse faults. These tsunami-generating earthquakes originate mainly in subduction zones, where tectonic plates collide and one is ...

Dec. 26, Boxing Day, marks the 20th year since one of the world’s most significant natural disasters, the Sumatra earthquake. The mega 9.1 magnitude earthquake in the eastern Indian Ocean ...

Tsunamis are devastating natural disasters, but they're also rather rare. They require specific circumstances, but some ...

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“Most tsunamis, and the largest, result from earthquakes on reverse faults. These tsunami-generating earthquakes originate mainly in subduction zones, where tectonic plates collide and one is fo ...

Getty Images/iStockphoto A swarm of earthquakes rattled along the New Madrid fault line, sparking fear of the “big one” shaking the area known for tremors. Centered in New Madrid, Missouri ...

There are a number of earthquake faults across Washington that historically have generated significant shaking about every 30 to 50 years. In the Puget Sound region, the most recent big earthquake ...

“Areas where glaciers are retreating, or changes in the hydrologic cycle are happening over active faults, might experience elevated earthquake activity,” says study co-author Sean ...

A swarm of earthquakes rattled along the New Madrid fault line, sparking fear of the “big one” shaking the area known for tremors. Centered in New Madrid, Missouri, the seismic zone “is the ...

Scientists have a new method for studying faults that could improve earthquake forecasts, shedding light on where quakes start, how they spread, and where the biggest impacts might be. Scientists ...

A new published study could shed new light on why some fault boundaries create earthquakes and others don’t. The secret could all be related to geometry. The study, released in Nature by Brown ...