Tibetan Plateau is seismically active as the Indian plate pushes into the Eurasian plate at a major fault line, causing ...

Minor quakes can disrupt natural tectonic patterns deep underground and change stress landscape, new study finds.

When we think of earthquakes, we imagine sudden, violent shaking. But deep beneath the Earth's surface, some faults move in near silence. These slow, shuffling slips and their accompanying hum ...

A potentially first-of-its-kind video filmed on a solar farm captures the strike-slip motion of the recent 7.7 magnitude ...

During an earthquake, the rock on one side of the fault suddenly slips with respect to the other. The fault surface can be horizontal or vertical or some arbitrary angle in between." Though the ...

The United States has dealt with a flurry of earthquakes this month, raising concerns about "The Big One." Last week, the ...

"The Wasatch Fault plunges, toward the west, at a steep angle at the surface in the Salt Lake City area." A steep angle could mean seismic activity may be dampened during an earthquake and spare ...

Several earthquakes with epicenters beneath the ocean surface rattled the Northern California coastline early Monday. The ...

A security camera near Thazi, Myanmar, captured the earth cracking during a magnitude 7.7 earthquake in March.

A 4.3 magnitude earthquake struck northeastern Afghanistan near Kunduz, shaking nearby areas with no reported casualties or damage.

ALMORA: The northern Himalayan region has experienced an average of 200 earthquakes annually for the past 27 years, a Kumaon ...