A rare pair of powerful earthquakes, known as a "doublet," struck Venezuela, killing at least 188 people. The unusual back-to ...

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A new study of California's earthquakes say that building pressure underneath two major fault lines converging at Cajon Pass ...

Doublet earthquakes are rare. There is a 5% chance of having two large quakes in a sequence be within 0.2 units of magnitude, according to the USGS. Doublets can greatly increase damage with prolonged ...

A team of geoscientists from the University of Toronto is shedding new light on the century-old model of plate tectonics, which suggests the plates covering the ocean floors are rigid as they move ...

The map highlights in yellow the zones of the Pacific Plate that are being pulled apart by the sinking tectonic plate along the Pacific Ring of Fire. TORONTO, ON – New research led by a team of ...

Researchers modeled 1,000 years of earthquake history along Southern California's San Andreas and San Jacinto faults. What they found was troubling.

A study published in the journal Tectonics has provided new insights into the forces that cause tectonic movements in Europe's most seismically active regions. Researchers used advanced satellite data ...