It’s just one word that has only three syllables, but it’s a concept that is universally understood: Tsunami. As the Bay Area waits for the “Big One” to strike what is the risk of that seismic event ...

Supershear earthquakes are more common than previously believed, some scientists say — carrying potentially profound risk for ...

One structural geologist calls it the 'million-dollar question' that underlies all work in her laboratory: what goes on deep in the earth as strike-slip faults form in the crust? This is the fault ...

A recent study has revealed extensive data on how strike-slip faults develop over time and eventually cause earthquakes at the Earth's surface. Researchers coined the movement of two plates in a ...

Monday’s deadly earthquakes in southern Türkiye, which hit 10 provinces, were quite severe due to their close proximity to the surface and the type of fault, according to prominent US seismologists.