The 4.8-magnitude earthquake that hit near Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, on Friday morning was, in many quarters of New York City, an anecdote generator of seismic intensity. The shaking woke me up; I groggily confirmed my suspicions on X, where all the ...

In a new study published in ‘Science’, seismic waves are likely considered the key triggering mechanism that bounced off Earth’s core in the wake of Japan’s 9.0-magnitude quake in 2011. Sunyoung Park,

Why do some earthquakes release more energy than others? A research team led by Prof. Dr. Armin Dielforder from the University of Greifswald has managed to demonstrate a clear physical connection between the energy released during earthquakes and the ...

Today at about 11:30am local time, a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula in the country's far east. Originating at a depth of roughly 20 kilometres, today's powerful earthquake – among the ten strongest in ...

Map of the Wyoming Craton region. The yellow stars are continental mantle earthquakes (CMEs) from 1979 to 2023. The orange stars are six recently identified CMEs that occurred between 2007 and 2010. The white stars are four suspected CMEs located by the U ...

A minor, 2.3-magnitude earthquake struck in Connecticut on Wednesday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 7:33 p.m. Eastern about 1 mile northwest of Moodus, Conn., data from the agency shows. As seismologists review ...