Elastic Rebound Theory This gradual accumulation and release of stress and strain is now referred to as the "elastic rebound ...

Their whole life, producer Hannah Chinn has known about the Big One: a massive earthquake forecasted to hit the West Coast.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Earth's crust is the planet's outermost layer. It is made of solid rock and sits on top of ...

In 1979, the University of Minnesota’s Harold Mooney estimated that Minnesota’s average recurrence rate for a magnitude 4 ...

When an earthquake strikes, many assume the danger ends once the main tremor stops. But in reality, earthquakes rarely ...

New Jersey residents expect hurricanes, forest fires and floods, but earthquakes? Friday morning's 4.8 magnitude quake near Whitehouse Station, Hunterdon County, was a reminder that the Garden State ...

It’s been a full week of earthquakes in California, including a 4.1 near Templeton that triggered an alert for residents.

Mississippi isn't exactly known for earthquakes, so when one measuring 2.5 occurred on Nov. 28 south of Canton at the Ross Barnett Reservoir, it got a lot of attention. But events like this aren't as ...

While there haven't been any major, destructive earthquakes spotted in Kentucky in more than 200 years, the concept shouldn't be completely put out of mind. Because Kentucky is located in one of the ...

A 3.8 magnitude earthquake off York Harbor, Maine, shook Seacoast New Hampshire, southern Maine and much of New England Monday. It caught the entire region by surprise, public safety dispatch centers ...

Earth's crust is the planet's outermost layer. It is made of solid rock and sits on top of another layer, called the mantle.