Shrinking lakes in Tibet likely woke up long-dormant tectonic faults, a new study finds. The findings strengthen the link between climate change and earthquakes When you purchase through links on our ...

Surat Thani's recent earthquake highlights active Ranong and Klong Marui fault lines, raising awareness of seismic risks in Thailand's southern region Earthquakes in Surat Thani are caused by two ...

There were 11 earthquakes in and around New York in January 2026 alone. It's unlikely you noticed any of them. Those earthquakes had an average magnitude of just about 2, according to United States ...

When Ben Rosenfeld started working as a residential assistant at a Stanford University dorm, he encountered 77 freshmen possessed by an “all-consuming” force. His new gig coincided with the release of ...

This contribution is part of the special series of Inaugural Articles by members of the National Academy of Sciences elected in 2023. Contributed by Emily E. Brodsky; received October 28, 2025; ...

In the Pacific Northwest, big faults like the Cascadian subduction zone located offshore, get a lot of attention. But big faults aren't the only ones that pose significant hazards, and a new study ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The San Andreas fault Three huge tectonic plates meet at the Mendocino triple junction off the coast of northern California, and a ...

Since March 2025, ChatGPT has been capable of generating images. Following a period where it briefly wasn't available to free users, you now don't even pay for one of OpenAI's subscriptions to use ...

According to reporting based on U.S. Geological Survey data, a magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck Riverside County at 5:56 p.m. local time, centered roughly seven miles from Indio. The quake was shallow, ...

The work, by researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey, UC Davis, and the University of Colorado Boulder, is published Jan. 15 in Science. “If we don’t understand the underlying tectonic processes, it ...

Several faults near the epicenter of Haiti’s magnitude 7.2 earthquake continued slipping for weeks after the main rupture, even though strong shaking had ended. That prolonged motion affects how ...