First, a few basics. The Earth’s inner core, which is smaller than the moon, is solid iron and nickel. It’s surrounded by a layer of molten metal known as the outer core, followed by the Earth’s ...

Houses hanging on the cliff - Uncontrolled building affects the aesthetics of the landscape and endangers the stability of ...

Literal groundbreaking research by Dr. Giorgio Arriga enhances our understanding of the long-term evolution of seismogenic ...

Accurate assessment of the land surface damage (such as small-scale fracturing and inelastic deformation) from two major ...

Greece on Sunday has extended school closures for another week on four Aegean islands due to ongoing seismic activity. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced from social media that ...

A 5.0 magnitude earthquake was recorded in West Texas late Friday evening, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, and could be felt by residents more than 150 miles away in El Paso. The ...

The quake was of 4.0 magnitude and it hit at a depth of about 5 km, according to an update from the National Centre of Seismology, the centre's nodal agency that tracks earthquake activity.

Scientists have attributed higher earthquake activity in the Permian Basin in West Texas to an increase in hydraulic fracturing — also known as fracking — in the area, which is the most ...

Researchers at Stanford University developed a new method to measure water levels in the state’s aquifers using readily available seismic data.

KERSHAW COUNTY, S.C. — A handful of South Carolina residents awoke to a rumble on Saturday morning as a small earthquake shook the area. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported that the ...

A 5.0 magnitude earthquake was detected in western Texas Friday night, according to the United States Geological Survey. The earthquake at 10:23 p.m. MT (11:23 p.m. CT) had a depth of roughly 4.1 ...