That sudden breaking of the foam rubber is the earthquake. That's what happens along a strike-slip fault. Seismic waves can also be caused by natural processes other than earthquakes and by human ...

Seismologists study earthquakes by looking at the damage that was caused and by using seismometers. A seismometer is an instrument that records the shaking of the Earth's surface caused by seismic ...

They also said that the recent increase in earthquake activities in the region does not indicate the likelihood of a major ...

On Boxing Day 2004, a monstrous 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck in the Indian ocean, unleashing widespread devastation in the surrounding land. Waves towering as tall as 30m were unleashed, impacting ...

Fifteen minutes before the massive January 2022 eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano, a seismic wave was recorded by two distant seismic stations. Now, researchers argue that similar ...

By 10 pm on Friday, six people slightly injured in earthquakes had been promptly sent to hospital and discharged, with no deaths or collapsed houses reported, announced Dang Cheng, Party secretary and ...

Some 39 per cent of Severo-Kurilsk’s population died, according to the Western States Seismic ... Day earthquake struck at 7.59am local time and, during the day, multiple devastating waves ...

A 7.0 earthquake off the coast of Northern California in early December triggered a tsunami warning for parts of the ...