Some large earthquakes may flip direction and “boomerang” back, striking the same area twice and reshaping damage patterns.

An earthquake typically sets off ruptures that ripple out from its underground origins. But on rare occasions, seismologists ...

Earthquakes are generally understood to rupture outward from their starting point beneath the ground, sending seismic waves along a fault line in one or two directions. New research from the ...

A mathematical trick speeds up seismic calculations for earthquake simulations and could revolutionize earthquake preparedness.

Learn more about “boomerang” earthquakes and why scientists say they may be more common than previously believed.

The Soil Box System, pictured during the assembly phase. Credit: Eric Marks/UNR To make sure our buildings and infrastructure are earthquake-safe, we must understand how seismic activity affects ...

New research from MIT reveals that earthquakes can reverse direction, striking the same area twice, a phenomenon now termed ...

Shaking the rust off people’s emergency preparedness skills, an earthquake simulator that has been touring the state ahead of California’s annual drill stopped at Cal State Fullerton on Wednesday, Oct ...

Dr Robin Lee and Dr Camilla Penney from the University of Canterbury have been awarded Natural Hazards Commission grants ...

Residents along the West Coast were left shaken when a 7.0 magnitude earthquake rattled the region last week, resulting in a tsunami warning and a scary couple of hours for more than 5 million people.