Giant regions of the mantle where seismic waves slow down may have formed from subducted ocean crust, a new study finds.

Incorporating solar activity predictions into detailed Earth temperature models may improve seismic forecasts and save lives.

Researchers have found a link between the sun's heat and Earth's seismic activity. Learn more about how this discovery could ...

Computer models that factor in the Sun's impact on Earth's surface temperatures are providing more accurate simulations of ...

Earthquakes occur when the rock on one side of a fault slips relative to the other. The fault surface can be vertical, ...

The U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center has said there is no tsunami danger for the East Coast of the United States after an ...

Solar heat may influence earthquakes and their timings by altering rock brittleness and underground water movement.

Tectonic plates move, causing strain energy to build up, and that energy eventually releases in the form of an earthquake. As ...

Only One Earth #2, Ken searches for Joe in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake while the Science Ninja Team faces ...

Jakarta is one of the largest cities in the world and one of the most earthquake-prone. It is located within the Pacific Ring ...

For decades, seismologists have worked to understand and predict earthquakes, but forecasting remains elusive. Now, ...

Using mathematical and computational methods, they analyzed earthquake data ... Feb. 28, 2025 — Scientists have revealed that two continent-size regions in Earth's deep mantle have distinctive ...