A clip recorded in Myanmar in March reveals a curved path of the fault slip, which can help scientists better understand the physics of such events ...

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An advanced, real-time tsunami forecasting system could dramatically improve early warning capabilities for coastal ...

One year on from the magnitude 9.0 earthquake that unleashed a devastating tsunami and caused a partial meltdown of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, this month's special issue of Physics ...

A model earthquake on a lab bench shows that a basic assumption of introductory physics doesn’t hold up at small scales. The finding could have a wide variety of implications for materials ...

PROF. J. MILNE, F.R.S., readapaperon “World-shaking Earthquakes'” before the Royal Geographical Society on November 11. In the course of his paper, he remarked that earthquakes may be divided ...

Knott has confined himself to the physics of earthquakes, a department of their study with which he is well qualified to deal, and of which, more than of any other, an adequate text-book was required.

Myanmar's Sagaing Fault ruptured more than 124 miles (200 km) farther than seismologists had predicted. California should ...

Earthquakes' devastating impacts should be a reminder of nature's power. They change our planet in irreversible ways and should change our attitude towards it ...

Rough faults generate slow earthquakes 05 Oct 2017 Helen Lacey (Courtesy: iStock/naypong) Faults, the natural fractures on the Earth’s surface that move during an earthquake, vary in roughness. Yet ...

The Kaikoura earthquake in New Zealand in 2016 caused widespread damage. Researchers have now dissected its mechanisms revealing surprising insights on earthquake physics with the aid of ...

Japan’s terrible earthquake once again makes it painfully clear how fragile our existence is in this planet. We seldom stop to think about this, but we are here as guests. Our impressive power ...