Gov't considers creating detailed earthquake risk map after 2026 A 4.8 magnitude earthquake rattled the southwestern county ...

"No one's ever created a global earthquake risk map at this level of detail before, and certainly not for the public," GEM Secretary General John Schneider told Business Insider. GEM scientists ...

Earthquakes are caused by the breaking and shifting of rock beneath the earth’s surface. They can strike without warning and can occur at any time. In the U.S., 45 states and territories are at ...

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Thousands of earthquakes occur every day. Most are too minor to feel but strong earthquakes can cause massive destruction—like this bridge that collapsed in Taiwan after an magnitude 6.8 ...

Texans were rocked by a "notable" 5.1 magnitude earthquake—one of the strongest in the state's history—on Monday evening, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported. The quake struck in Martin ...

Now, a new study published today in Nature Geoscience has come up with a convincing, and surprising, answer: electricity, and earthquakes—lots of them. Those nuggets owe their existence to the ...

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 ...

It has been a generation since Los Angeles had a major earthquake disaster. Even in an active seismic year, many residents say they refuse to become alarmist. By Corina Knoll and Jill Cowan ...