Late on Tuesday, Jan. 27, southeast Ontario, Canada, experienced a magnitude 3.7 earthquake. See details and its epicenter ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The shaking produced by an earthquake can crack the ground, bring down buildings and cause massive rockfalls. All this destructive ...

MENDOCINO COUNTY, CA - According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a preliminary 2.1 magnitude quake shook close to Laytonville ...

Earthquakes can be deadly and disastrous. But what we feel may constitute a tiny sliver of an earthquake’s destructive energy, according to a new experiment. In a recent AGU Advances paper, ...

The science pros at TKOR explain how earthquakes release energy equal to 60 million kg of TNT.

A scanning electron photomicrograph highlights a region of rock that slipped during a laboratory-induced earthquake. The "flowy" central area represents a portion of the rock that was melted and ...

Last week, a plot of land in North Portland felt a shake, but not one caused by an earthquake, but instead by a machine known as T-Rex. Researchers with Portland State University were simulating a ...

The fault that ruptured in the March quake was simple and mature, which allowed the quake's energy to shoot right to the surface. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Findings based on mini “lab quakes” in a controlled setting could help researchers assess the likelihood of future quakes in vulnerable regions. Earthquakes are driven by energy stored up in rocks ...

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The shaking produced by an earthquake can crack the ground, bring down buildings and cause massive rockfalls. All this destructive power is, astoundingly, just a fraction of a quake’s overall energy.