but the number of global events thus far this year has not been unusually large or small," added Stewart, who is an expert in earthquake engineering. The Noto Peninsula earthquake in Japan caused ...

According to a recent studypublished in JGR Solid Earth, nearly half of California’s fault lines—including the infamous San ...

The Kuril-Kamchatka region frequently experiences large (M>=7) and great (M>=8) earthquakes. In the 114 years since 1900, 133 large and 12 great earthquakes have occurred along the arc. Damaging ...

Additionally, as the global population grows ... leading to greater public recognition of seismic events. The National Earthquake Information Center now tracks around 20,000 earthquakes annually ...

The World Bank reports that a massive 7.7 magnitude earthquake has gravely impacted Myanmar's economy, forecasting a 2.5% ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan was struck by an earthquake about 71 kilometers (44.1 miles) south of Hualien City, monitoring agencies said. The quake hit seconds after cell phone alarms went off at ...

Taiwan struck by 5.9 magnitude earthquake Tuesday evening, USGS says.

compiled the most comprehensive global database of coseismic landslides to date, 398,698 mapped events across 38 major earthquakes since the 1970s. Each landslide polygon was rigorously validated ...