Iran was rocked by a 4.6 magnitue earthquake sparking wild "nuclear test" conspiracy theories - as fears of an all-out war in the Middle East grow. According to the European-Mediterranean ...

A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 has rocked eastern Turkey and Syria, according to the Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD). Turkey's Malatya province was shaken ...

Earthquakes give little warning but cause widespread devastation and death in a matter of minutes. Certain places are quite prone to this destruction because of their geography and tectonic activity.

New research published in Nature Geoscience shows that ongoing earthquakes may have seeded and grown them. Before this work, it was “almost impossible” to explain the concentration of gold ...

Scientists are installing multiple temporary seismic monitoring stations to get a better understanding of the sharp increase in earthquakes recorded at Mount Adams. Scientists are trying to ...

But for busy people, here’s a summary of things you should know about what to do before, during and after an earthquake in Japan. If you’re on public transport: Follow the same guidelines ...

Researchers Ross Stein and Peter Bird suggest that branch faults serve as critical initiation points for large continental transform earthquakes, evidenced by several significant quakes since 2000, ...

Falling masonry just misses people standing in a street in the eastern Turkish city of Elazig, that was hit by an earthquake. Donegal itself is a hotbed of seismic activity and school equipment ...

Some earthquakes are imperceptibly quiet. We may not feel them, but machines might detect them—and they can point scientists to a potential "Big One". Geophysicist Zachary Ross is pioneering a ...

Seismologists study earthquakes by looking at the damage that was caused and by using seismometers. A seismometer is an instrument that records the shaking of the Earth's surface caused by seismic ...

On average Australia experiences more than 100 low-level earthquakes each year. A 5.9 magnitude earthquake in Mansfield, Victoria in 2021 was one of the largest onshore quakes recorded in the sta ...

Homeowners insurance typically doesn't include earthquake coverage. However, if you live in an area at risk for tremors, your home insurer may offer separate earthquake policies or an earthquake ...