A 4.1-magnitude earthquake jolted Assam near Guwahati on September 8. But why is Northeast India so prone to earthquakes?

A moderate earthquake of 5.3 magnitude struck near the India-Bangladesh border on February 27, sending powerful tremors across Kolkata and several districts of South West Bengal. The jolts began at ...

A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Japan, triggering a tsunami warning. Here's the science behind what happens after a major quake and why aftershocks can be dangerous. A powerful ...

Two major earthquakes occurred in Venezeula on June 24, the first a magnitude 7.2 and the second a magnitude 7.5 a minute later. It is estimated that thousands of people have died and several thousand ...

Japan is well known for its large earthquakes, but not all regions show the same patterns of earthquake activity. One way to understand which places tend to experience large or small earthquakes is ...

Earthquakes can pose a serious threat to cities and human life. Some scientists have tried to pre-empt these events by using technology like fiber optics to detect earthquakes and tides, while others ...

According to Ceferino, preliminary findings showed that people’s responses were not linear. “The risk perception at some ...

Over the past 120 years, a single tectonic event is responsible for over 20 per cent of the energy released from all the earthquakes that have occurred. May 23rd marked the 60th anniversary of the ...

Following the devastating urban fire that broke out in Wajima City after Japan's 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake, investigators struggled to identify a clear ignition source, despite widespread ...

Aug. 17 (UPI) --Major earthquakes that struck Venezuela and Colombia less than two months apart have renewed concerns about seismic risk in South America, as experts warn that accumulated energy off ...