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Computer models that factor in the Sun's impact on Earth's surface temperatures are providing more accurate simulations of ...

For decades, seismologists have worked to understand and predict earthquakes, but forecasting remains elusive. Now, ...

Earthquakes are strong and sudden movements of the Earth's surface caused by shifts in the Earth's crust. They can change the shape of land, destroy buildings, and affect the lives of people in ...

Earthquakes occur along fault lines between continental plates, where one plate is diving beneath another. Pressure builds between each plate, called fault stress. When this stress builds enough to ...

An earthquake shook parts of West Texas Friday afternoon with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8, according to the United States ...

br></p> Also, the shallowness of the epicenter of the earthquake which is only 5 km beneath the surface, means that the energy travels further to the surface and thus causes more amplification of ...

Not everyone is convinced. John Ebel, a seismologist at Boston University and historian of East Coast earthquakes, is skeptical that what’s going on in Summerville could be caused by imperceptible ...

The earthquake that hit Delhi on Monday had a depth of about 5 kilometers, according to the National Centre of Seismology, making it a shallow-focus earthquake. During such quakes, loud rumbling or ...

Information Statements are typically published after an HVO analyst has reviewed the earthquake magnitude; they include the reviewed magnitude, an interpretation of what caused the earthquake ...

This earthquake is larger than much of the recent seismic activity around western Washington, per initial reports.