With Australia's most significant earthquake disaster occurring more than 35 years ago, many people consider quakes to be quite rare in Australia. But it turns out they're more common than you'd think ...

SONOMA COUNTY, CA - on Wednesday around midday, a preliminary 2.3 magnitude quake was reported close to The Geysers, ...

Another weak earthquake struck the Malaysian state of Johor on Thursday (Aug 28), registering a magnitude of 2.5.  The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) said the quake occurred at ...

One earthquake by itself isn’t enough to create a new tectonic plate, even if it’s really large. New tectonic plates can form when the forces acting on the edges of an existing plate change.

Most earthquakes occur when a geological fault, a fracture within the Earth’s crust, slips and releases energy. Individual faults, some of which form the tectonic plate boundaries, build up ...

Geologists unpack why the magnitude 8.8 temblor — the sixth largest ever recorded — fomented waves that reached Japan and Hawaii but caused little damage.

A weak 2.5-magnitude earthquake jolted Johor, Malaysia on Thursday, Aug. 28 at 7:56pm. This was the fourth quake in five days. The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) said the quake ...

The sixth most powerful earthquake on record triggered widespread evacuation orders across multiple countries including the ...