Supercomputing is bringing seismic change to earthquake science. A field that historically has predicted by looking back now is moving forward with HPC and physics-based models to comprehensively ...

Scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have come a step closer to deciphering some of the basic mysteries and mechanisms behind earthquakes and how average-sized earthquakes ...

Along some fault lines, which are the boundaries of tectonic plates, a fine-grained gravel is formed as the plates grind against one another. The influence of this gravel on earthquakes has long been ...

A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck northern Chile in July 2024—and it wasn’t supposed to be that strong. Unlike Chile ...

An earthquake is a complicated process but knowing about it can save your life. The Earth averages about 55 earthquakes each day. But what exactly is an earthquake? Find out more about this geological ...

More than 300 earthquakes have rattled the San Ramon area since November. The largest earthquakes in the sequence struck in ...

In a 'seismological wind tunnel,' engineers demonstrate the impact of rock gouge -- ground-up rock along a fault boundary -- on earthquake propogation. By simulating earthquakes in a lab, Caltech ...