Each year, National Earthquake Information Center locates approximately 20,000 earthquakes around the world. That is about 55 earthquakes per day. By some estimates, there may be even more. According ...
NORFOLK, Va. — Fault lines are fractures or breaks in the Earth's crust where tectonic plates move past each other, often resulting in earthquakes. These geological features are classified into three ...
Instruments typically used to detect the ground motion of earthquakes can also be used to identify the type of aircraft ...
A new kind of earthquake has been detected in western Canada, one that shakes the ground slower and longer than typical seismic events. These earthquakes, recorded during hydraulic fracturing for oil ...
East Coasters flooded social media with reactions to Friday's earthquake. There's a reason East Coast earthquakes travel further than their West Coast counterparts. The rocks are harder, which causes ...