Most earthquakes occur at fault zones, where tectonic plates—giant rock slabs that make up Earth's upper layer—collide or slide against each other. These impacts are usually gradual and ...

For decades, researchers have known that earthquakes, quartz ... “the conundrum is, how did we make gold in the middle of the quartz vein?” To answer this question, Voisey, a research fellow ...

Instead of a small mechanical stress in a watch, the team turned to one of nature's most powerful forces—earthquakes—to explain how this phenomenon might operate underground. A close-up of a ...

Centered about 20 miles from Ackerly in Martin County, the Sept. 16, 2024, quake is one of the strongest in Texas history, ...

There are a number of ways to measure the magnitude of an earthquake. Most scales are based on the amplitude of seismic waves recorded on seismometers. These scales account for the distance between ...

My first indication of last week’s magnitude 4.4 earthquake came from the L.A. Times’ Slack messaging system. Colleagues in Hollywood, Highland Park, Pasadena and other locations near the ...

A small earthquake occurred in northeast Alabama late Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey has confirmed. The quake happened at 11:35 p.m. Friday. Its epicenter was about two and a half miles below ...

An earthquake rattled southern Portugal Monday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey. The earthquake, which registered a magnitude of 5.4, was recorded at 5:11 a.m. local time ...

LOS ANGELES - The Good Day LA cameras were rolling when an earthquake struck Southern California on Thursday. RELATED COVERAGE: Earthquake centered in Malibu rattles Southern California ...

Another small earthquake struck Central Jersey Monday morning, most likely one of the more than 200 aftershocks that have resulted from the 4.8 magnitude temblor on April 5 that knocked things off ...

LOS ANGELES — An earthquake was felt widely in the Los Angeles area Thursday morning. The U.S. Geological Survey reported a preliminary 4.7 magnitude quake centered 4 miles north of Malibu.

A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck in Southern California early Monday, according to the United States Geological Survey, marking the second temblor to hit the region in less than five days.