Poinsett County sits directly in the New Madrid Seismic Zone, putting the region at risk for earthquakes.

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

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

Scientists at Stanford have unveiled the first-ever global map of rare earthquakes that rumble deep within Earth’s mantle rather than its crust. Long debated and notoriously difficult to confirm, ...

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

When the ground under Seattle finally gives way, the disaster will not unfold as a single cinematic moment but as a chain reaction that reshapes the city’s geography, infrastructure and daily life.

Ideas like “earthquake weather” and fears that California could fall into the ocean have long been a part of the state’s earthquake superstitions, often resurfacing every time the ground begins to ...