Click on one of the squares to learn more about a given event, or click “List of earthquakes on this map” for a full rundown, with magnitude, time, location, and depth. Or try the SCEC’s ...

you can get a good estimate of an earthquake location using a map, a ruler, a pencil, and a compass for drawing circles on the map. Here are examples of a seismograms from different places in North ...

Hundreds of millions of Americans are at risk from damaging earthquakes, with a new map revealing that almost 75% of the ...

Seismic data collected around the world (along with satellite imaging) confirmed that the event—which propagated around the world for a staggering nine days —was caused by a rockslide that triggered a ...

Seismic testing involves blasting the seafloor with high-powered airguns (a kind of powerful horn) every 10 seconds and measuring the echoes with long tubes to map offshore oil and gas reserves. These ...

A tsunami stemming from a landslide was behind a surprising seismic event last year that shook the earth for nine days, researchers said.

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 ...

Each story in the KXAN Data Hub is updated as new data becomes available. AUSTIN (KXAN) — When you think of earthquakes in the U.S., Texas is probably not the first state that comes to mind.

Use this map to explore coverage of the Italian earthquake in video, audio, pictures and text. The 6.3 magnitude earthquake that hit central Italy on Monday brought death and destruction to many small ...

Thousands of earthquakes occur every day. Most are too minor to feel but strong earthquakes can cause massive destruction—like this bridge that collapsed in Taiwan after an magnitude 6.8 ...