Deeply hidden in Earth's mantle there are two huge "islands" the size of a continent. New research from Utrecht University ...

Why don't we know when the next big earthquake will hit? There's an explanation for that. Unpredictable plate movement ...

"The same physical process will take place in both cases — the explosive spring of the bent plates will release in the same ...

It’s virtually impossible to predict when and where an earthquake will occur. Depending on your location and how big the earthquake is, warning times range from a few seconds to a few minutes. But ...

JAPAN has issued a tsunami advisory after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck the country on Monday. The quake was at a depth ...

Japan’s Meteorological Agency withdrew a tsunami advisory after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake occurred off the coast of ...

A small temblor startled residents near Richmond this week. Over a decade ago, a 5.8 earthquake in Virginia became the most ...

A team of geophysicists at ETH Zurich in Switzerland has made a baffling discovery while analyzing earthquake waves to investigate the internal structures of the Earth. Specifically, they found areas ...

The 2.8 magnitude earthquake occurred at about 5:30 p.m. local time on Tuesday, with shaking felt across Virginia and beyond.

No. Earthquakes cannot be predicted on any sort of scale, regardless of historical context. Community notes added to the ...