The bold question-askers at What If examine the nearly impossible fault line conditions needed to trigger a magnitude 20 ...

Scientists detected a slow-motion earthquake off Japan, offering rare insight into hidden faults and tsunami risks beneath ...

Scientists have uncovered a rare slow-motion earthquake in Japan’s most tsunami-prone fault zone.

Two slow-motion earthquakes took several weeks to travel 20 miles along the fault. Each happened in places where geologic ...

In a new study released in Science, researchers for the first time have detected and described a slow-slip earthquake during the act of releasing pressure on a major fault — Japan’s Nankai ...

Scientists for the first time have detected a slow slip earthquake in motion during the act of releasing tectonic pressure on a major fault zone at ...

Scientists for the first time have detected a slow slip earthquake in motion during the act of releasing tectonic pressure on a major fault zone at the bottom of the ocean.

Texas’ strongest earthquake in history struck around 5:40 a.m. on Aug. 16, 1931. The magnitude 5.8 earthquake was centered about 7.5 miles southwest of Valentine, a small community in Presidio ...

FRISCO, Texas — Beau Leroux scored in the 76th minute to put San Jose ahead and the Earthquakes used four second-half goals ...

More than 900 earthquakes have struck Japan's remote Tokara Islands since June 21, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said ...

Seventy-six earthquakes have been recorded this year in Washington County, 47% of the statewide total. The largest was a 2.8 magnitude earthquake on Feb. 3. Washington County is south of Noble County.