California could be due for a major earthquake in the near future, according to concerning new models based on a millennium ...

The Phlegraean Fields volcanic complex, located beneath the metropolitan area of Naples—a city of 900,000 inhabitants in Italy—has been rising increasingly since 2005, accompanied by a growing number ...

Earthquakes usually occur along fracture zones in Earth's crust, where large tectonic plates slide past one another and ...

Earthquake prediction seeks exact location, time and magnitude; forecasting estimates probabilities and temporal patterns based on statistical or physics-based models. Deterministic prediction remains ...

A new study published in Engineering presents novel resilience models for assessing and quantifying the recovery of tunnels after earthquakes. The research, conducted by a team from Tongji University, ...

A full-scale earthquake test suggests a new generation of low-carbon timber-based buildings could remain usable after major ...

Deep beneath the Pacific, one undersea fault has produced nearly identical magnitude 6 earthquakes every few years for decades. Researchers now think strange, water-soaked barrier zones inside the ...