A hilly area surrounding the Zagros Mountains in Iraq is being pulled into Earth. Understanding why could help predict future ...

An earthquake of 4.3 magnitude on the Richter ... Afghanistan sits on numerous fault lines between the Indian and the Eurasian tectonic plates, with a fault line also running directly through ...

That's because in 2024, the number of magnitude 3 or higher earthquakes linked to hydraulic fracturing and the underground storage of its wastewater reached a record high in the Montney Formation ...

Using advanced theoretical and numerical models, I try to understand how fractures and faults, which are ubiquitous below the Earth’s surface, fail under various loadings—whether due to natural events ...

A 2.0 QUAKE THAT STRUCK AROUND 315 THIS MORNING. AND HE’S CALLING MONDAY’S EARTHQUAKE ESSENTIALLY, THE MAIN SHOCK HERE. AND LOOKING BACK AT THAT 3.8 MAGNITUDE QUAKE, WE SAW TONS OF VIDEOS FROM ...

Many Massachusetts residents reported strong rattling ... “It helps us figure out where the active faults may be and potentially where the big earthquakes may occur in the future,” Ebel explained.

while doing so I started to suspect it might be an earthquake. Glad it was ‘only’ that!” “There are small faults around us. They are not major plates that cause big earthquakes.

Communities from Maine to Massachusetts felt a 3.8 magnitude ... same area within the next week or so.” Earthquake activity can “disturb other faults in a way that that can occasionally ...

In Turners Falls, another viewer, Gabrielle, said she felt the earthquake for about 6 to 10 seconds. A Ware, Massachusetts, resident said she was home and her whole house was shaking for about 10 ...