Why don't we know when the next big earthquake will hit? There's an explanation for that. Tectonic plates are, like most of us, under a lot of stress and are always in motion. But they move slowly, ...

When an earthquake measuring 2.2 on the Richter scale shook the area earlier this week, concerns arose about potential ...

Earthquakes account for some of the costliest natural disasters in history. They can literally reshape the planet. But how powerful can they get? That's a question humans have only recently been able ...

Tectonic plates are, like most of us, under a lot of stress and are always in motion. But they move slowly, and the exact moment when the stress between them will be released is uncertain. While ...