The strength of an earthquake is based on the logarithmic Richter scale. April 2023's magnitude 4.8 earthquake was 251 times bigger than Friday's magnitude 2.4 earth ...

Scientists have discovered a subtle, slow-moving creep in lab experiments that could hold the key to predicting catastrophic earthquakes before they strike.

A re-examination of the 2015 Bonin Islands earthquake disproved earlier claims of a record-breaking deep aftershock in the ...

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Whereas conventional dissipation devices employ steel to mitigate earthquake damage, the “unique” patent impressively ...

Nuclear power plants will be built across earthquake-prone Indonesia under a proposal put forward by the country's energy council — a plan environmentalists say is "dangerous". While the ...

Former Mississippi County Office of Emergency Management director David Lendennie was in his bathroom early on the morning of ...

The 2.8 magnitude earthquake occurred at about 5:30 p.m. local time on Tuesday, with shaking felt across Virginia and beyond.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Tibet's earthquake of magnitude 6.8 that killed 126 and damaged four water reservoirs this week highlights the risks from a hydropower building spree by Asian giants China and ...

Witnesses at the time reported seeing “waves” in the soil as the earth moved. Because of the delta alluvial soil here, earthquake energy is more apt to travel much farther, Ausbrooks said, than those ...

As reported on the news, a moderate earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 on the Richter scale struck portions of Bangladesh at 10:32am on January 3, 2025. The quake was experienced in Dhaka, Sylhet, ...