As the name suggests, an earthquake is an event that causes the earth to shake. In some cases, an earthquake can be so significant that it cracks open the ground, as well as human-made structures such ...

Meteorologist Kristen Currie explains different types of earthquakes after one of this century’s most powerful earthquakes struck off the coast of Russia. Read more ...

The study of earthquakes called Seismology, relies on the fact that different materials within the Earth react differently to ...

First global map of mantle earthquakes reveals seismic activity far beneath continents, challenging old ideas about Earth’s ...

Guerrero, Mexico is an active site with several recent major earthquakes, but also a small area called the ‘Guerrero seismic gap’ (pictured) where no earthquakes have occurred for more than a century.