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 ...

Every year, the Earth shakes thousands of times. Most of those tremors go unnoticed, felt only by sensitive instruments ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Stanford researchers mapped rare mantle earthquakes worldwide, revealing clusters near the Himalayas and the Bering Strait.

The underground laboratory in Nevada where the U.S. conducts nuclear subcritical experiments is riddled with faults.

Hoboken, N.J., December 8, 2025 — On Saturday December 6, 2025 Alaska was rocked by a 7.0 magnitude quake. Though not always so forceful, earthquakes happen every day. On average, about 55 of them ...

A massive 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar in March 2025, but what makes this event extraordinary is what happened next. For the first time, a nearby CCTV camera captured the fault rupture in ...

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

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - From the rumble of volcanoes to cracks of thunder, Earth has always been noisy. Separating noise from signal is key in many scientific fields, but where do you go to get away ...

For years, Charlotte Pearson and her colleagues at the University of Arizona Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research have used tree‐ring science to travel back in time, hoping that clues from the past will ...

Two earthquakes of a 7.0 or greater magnitude have struck within days of each other in Alaska and Japan, prompting worries another big temblor could be on the way. The first quake hit in Alaska on Dec ...

Time now for our science news roundup from Short Wave, NPR's science podcast. I am joined by science correspondent Katia Riddle and Short Wave host Regina Barber. Hey, there. REGINA BARBER, BYLINE: ...