Elastic Rebound Theory This gradual accumulation and release of stress and strain is now referred to as the "elastic rebound ...
Each year, approximately 20,000 earthquakes occur globally. Even though most of these earthquakes are weak or occur in unpopulated areas, their destructive potential is clear. While richer nations ...
On Wednesday morning (local time), an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck just off the coast of eastern Russia. It was the sixth strongest earthquake on record! The great earthquake triggered ...
Earthquakes don’t occur everywhere. They occur along the boundaries of the earth’s tectonic plates, along either known active faults or dormant faults. The East Coast is crisscrossed with ancient ...
In 1979, the University of Minnesota’s Harold Mooney estimated that Minnesota’s average recurrence rate for a magnitude 4 ...
A mysterious swarm of earthquakes that occurred near the Greek island of Santorini in early 2025 was caused by rebounding ...
Global distribution of natural and induced seismicity. Natural earthquakes with moment magnitude higher than 5 are color-coded according to their hypocenter depth (upper right colorbar, U.S.