Climate journalist Emma Pattee has been worried about the so-called big one—an off-the-charts earthquake—hitting her town in Portland, Ore., for some time now. She’s not alone: scientists estimate at ...

Seismicity decreases with depth because elevated confining pressure prevents frictional sliding of faults. However, ...

Hoboken, N.J., December 8, 2025 — On Saturday December 6, 2025 Alaska was rocked by a 7.0 magnitude quake. Though not always so forceful, earthquakes happen every day. On average, about 55 of them ...

Earthquakes happen daily, sometimes with devastating consequences, yet predicting them remains out of reach. What scientists can do is map the hidden layers beneath the surface that control how ...

The underground laboratory in Nevada where the U.S. conducts nuclear subcritical experiments is riddled with faults.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Sometimes to truly study something up close, you have to take a step back. That’s what Andrea Donnellan does. An expert in earth sciences and seismology, she gets much of her ...

That was not your imagination. Two earthquakes in less than a week have rattled more than the ground across North Jersey. Whenever an earthquake strikes, many may wonder what caused the earthquake and ...