Climate journalist Emma Pattee has been worried about the so-called big one—an off-the-charts earthquake—hitting her town in Portland, Ore., for some time now. She’s not alone: scientists estimate at ...

Earthquakes happen daily, sometimes with devastating consequences, yet predicting them remains out of reach. What scientists can do is map the hidden layers beneath the surface that control how ...

Most casualties resulting from earthquakes around the world are due to the collapse of structurally weak houses. Focused on the western Java region, including Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, one of ...

Following a 4.2-magnitude earthquake in Turkey, unusual floating lights were observed, now being studied as rare 'earthquake ...