Part of the French Riviera was struck by a 4.1 magnitude earthquake this week, but it's not just the south east of France ...

A new analysis of earthquake rupture directivity provides essential insights for seismic hazard and risk assessments in urban ...

A new analysis of earthquake rupture directivity provides essential insights for seismic hazard and risk assessments in urban ...

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The initial shake map from the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network (PNSN) shows that the afternoon seismic activity likely could be felt as far as Renton and Gold Bar. Thursday's earthquakes follows ...

When you think of earthquakes in the U.S., Texas is probably not the first state that comes to mind. But data from the U.S. Geological Survey shows more than 3,800 earthquakes have been reported in ...

A second earthquake of at least 2.5 magnitude in 12 hours struck Thursday afternoon in western Washington. The 3.2 magnitude earthquake was recorded about 4.5 miles northeast of Fall City in east King ...

New research from Victoria University of Wellington shows that low-cost, off the shelf seismometers can add great value to earthquake monitoring and even show promise as early detection devices.

An alert went out in Southern California Friday about a 4.6 magnitude earthquake hitting northeast ... However, the USGS deleted the alert from its live map about two hours later and told ...

Consider a can of soda. When the can is closed (pressurized), the soda contains dissolved carbon dioxide (CO2). When you open ...