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New research led by the University of Victoria (UVic) has illuminated a significant and previously unrecognized source of ...
A fault line that could unleash a major earthquake is not where scientists thought it was. New research found the Concord Fault is about a quarter mile west of where it was originally mapped.
A hydrologist explains why the region is known as Flash Flood Alley and how its geography and geology can lead to heavy ...
Slow-motion earthquakes, as you might guess from the name, involve the release of pent-up geological energy over the course ...
A rare slow-motion earthquake discovered off Japan’s coast sheds light on tectonic behavior and may improve tsunami ...
Intense rainstorms are becoming more frequent in most of the U.S. — though experts say where they occur and whether they ...
While earthquakes do occur on occasion in Florida, what you felt last night wasn't an earthquake, at least according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Seafloor sensors caught a rare slow quake in action. It hints at how Earth's stress is quietly released. For the first time, ...
This is the moment an engineer demonstrated models of 'earthquake-resistant buildings' in China. Footage shows three plastic ...
Scientists have uncovered a rare slow-motion earthquake in Japan’s most tsunami-prone fault zone.
Scientists for the first time have detected a slow slip earthquake in motion during the act of releasing tectonic pressure on a major fault zone at the bottom of the ocean.