Heard a loud snap or booming sound coming from underground as of late? It's probably not an earthquake or Thor, the god of thunder — it's more than likely a frost quake. Frost quakes, otherwise known ...
Scientists have discovered a subtle, slow-moving creep in lab experiments that could hold the key to predicting catastrophic earthquakes before they strike.
Good Acoustics The mystery of two continent-sized structures buried deep in the Earth's mantle has produced a new twist after scientists got a closer look at their composition, suggesting they might ...
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6 struck southern Taiwan. The U.S. Geological Survey said that the quake hit early Tuesday or 1600 GMT Monday. The temblor's epicenter was ...