Latest about earthquakes
Cloaking Technology May Protect From Natural Disasters
Researchers have developed a cloaking technology that may protect from tsunamis and earthquakes.
Scientists find evidence for biggest earthquake in human history
The gigantic megaquake is matched only by the 1960 Valdivia earthquake in the same region.
Understanding the Big One: Scientists Focus on Subduction Zones
Seismologists take a tool out of the playbook of astronomers and particle physicists.
New Subduction Zone Forming Off Spain's Coast
Embryonic subduction zone is also site of killer earthquakes.
What is a subduction zone?
A subduction zone is a collision between two of Earth's tectonic plates, where one plate sinks into the mantle underneath the other plate.
Can solar storms cause tsunamis?
Solar storms can mess with Earth, but can they kick up a tsunami?
San Andreas Fault's creeping section could unleash large earthquakes
The central section of the San Andreas Fault usually moves by quietly creeping, but new research suggests it's hosted some serious earthquakes in history.
Mountain-sized chunk of rock hiding under Japan is channeling earthquakes
A mountain-sized chunk of volcanic rock under Japan is changing the way that tectonic plates subduct and may be channeling the direction of earthquakes.
