Tsunami earthquakes are characterized by the generation of disproportionately large tsunamis relative to the observed ground ...

More than 800 tremors have shaken the southwestern Tokara Islands over the past 11 days, including a 5.6-magnitude quake on ...

Scientists detected a slow-motion earthquake off Japan, offering rare insight into hidden faults and tsunami risks beneath ...

In East Africa's Afar Depression, scientists have discovered that fresh lava from deep within the Earth's mantle is driving ...

When the island of Santorini was rattled by thousands of small earthquakes earlier this year, many people were left mystified ...

The region, which falls under Seismic Zone V, the highest earthquake risk zone in India, witnessed a 4.6 & 4.7 scale quake ...

In contrast, the vast majority of quakes are shallow. Of the 56,832 moderate to large earthquakes recorded between 1976 and 2020, only about 18 percent were deeper than 70 kilometers (43 miles).

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The driving force behind this volcanic activity is believed to be the “Iceland Plume”—a deep, hot column of molten rock that ...

Iceland is one of the most active volcanic regions in the world, but its seismic nature is part of a much broader geological ...

(There’s a new ocean now—can you name all five?) Perhaps we think of the North Sea as treacherous somewhat ironically—because it is so well-traversed. Many have experienced its foulest moods.