Two small islands in the southwestern part of Japan have moved apart by nearly 10 centimetres over the course of three days ...

Slow-motion earthquakes, as you might guess from the name, involve the release of pent-up geological energy over the course ...

Emergency sirens were heard across Tokyo, Japan, after torrential downpours struck the country, warning residents of flooding ...

This was a mysterious motion during a seismic event that happened on the ocean floor, and scientists noticed an exertion of tectonic pressure.

A team of scientists put together a global database of submarine mud volcanoes. Orders of magnitude more are still bubbling, ...

Stone also noted the appearance of oarfish—long associated with seismic folklore in Japan—washing ashore before recent quakes ...

But in recent years, scientists have reported variations in Earth’s rotation. In 2020, they found that Earth was spinning ...

Officials are tracking the largest swarm of earthquakes in more than 15 years at Mount Rainier in Washington. But they say there is no indication the cluster of quakes is cause for concern. The ...