Exactly when and how plate tectonics started, however, is a matter of debate. Now, in a study published March 19 in the ...

A massive 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar in March 2025, but what makes this event extraordinary is what happened next. For the first time, a nearby CCTV camera captured the fault rupture in ...

Scientists at Stanford have unveiled the first-ever global map of rare earthquakes that rumble deep within Earth’s mantle rather than its crust. Long debated and notoriously difficult to confirm, ...

Stanford researchers have created the first-ever global map of a rare earthquake type that occurs not in Earth’s crust but in our planet’s mantle, the layer sandwiched between the thin crust and Earth ...

Researchers re-created the conditions deep inside the Cascadia subduction zone and found that fractured rocks can repair themselves during, or just hours after, slow-motion earthquakes. When you ...

In central China, the Yangtze River is held back by an engineering marvel so massive that it doesn’t just generate power or ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon scientists are leading the world in tsunami research, helping communities better understand and prepare for one of the most destructive natural forces on Earth. “It has ...

A series of four earthquakes shook parts of Louisiana, surprising residents and drawing the attention of geologists who study seismic activity in the central United States. The tremors, which reached ...

For centuries, unusual animal behavior before earthquakes has been reported worldwide. Livestock becoming restless, wildlife ...