Major Earthquake Shakes Anchorage
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake shook Anchorage and the surrounding area on Friday morning. The shaking also triggered a…
Satellite Imagery Shows Indonesia’s Tsunami-Shocked Landscape Becoming Liquid
The tsunami-driven floodwater has receded from Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, but the slow-motion disaster continues. The…
Extremely Powerful Earthquake Rocks New Zealand
An earthquake with a reported 7.9 magnitude hit New Zealand’s South Island around 12.02am local time. Devastating…
Entire Town Leveled As Yet Another Massive Earthquake Hits Italy
Just a few months after central Italy was battered by a magnitude 6.2 earthquake, the region has been struck again, and…
Drone Footage Shows the Earthquake in Italy Was Far Worse Than Anyone Thought
Yesterday, a massive 6.1 magnitude earthquake rocked central Italy. It was followed by nearly 200 aftershocks,…
An Earthquake Swarm Has Taken Over Central California
Central California is currently in the middle of an earthquake swarm, with up to 18 (and counting) tiny quakes shaking…
We Finally Know Why DC Had an Earthquake in 2011
Californians may scoff at the idea of a mid-sized earthquake, but when our nation’s capitol started shaking on August…
Earthquake Detected Near North Korea's Nuclear Test Site
The US Geological Survey has noted seismic activity—a magnitude 5.1 earthquake—near a known North Korean nuclear test…
It Was a Wild, Weird Year to Live on Planet Earth
The year 2015 will go down as many things, but normal isn’t one of them. We saw record-smashing temperatures,…
A Pair of Tremors Highlight the Different Types of West Coast Earthquakes
It was a day for quake, rattle, and roll on the west coast when small earthquakes hit both Los Angeles and the Pacific…
Japan Is Trying to Terror-Proof Its Recently Reopened Nuclear Reactors
In August, Japan reopened its first nuclear reactors after an almost two-year hiatus that followed the 2011 earthquake…
This Was One of the Largest Landslides Ever—So How Did No One See It for Months?
How big is this landslide in China’s Tonzang valley? Big. So big that it created many (many!) new lakes. So big that,…
Six Months After The Earthquake, Nepal Is Open For Adventure
Nepal is home to the best climbing, trekking and mountaineering on earth. But, earlier this year, it also had a massive…
The USGS Now Uses Your Panicked Tweets to Help Track Earthquakes
People who live in seismically active areas are so good about posting earthquake tweets that you may even be warned of…
Parts of Chile Moved More Than a Meter in the Illapel Earthquake
The Illapel earthquake that hit Chile in September shifted the ground by up to 1.4 meters. That’s awfully far to move…
This is How Much the Ground Moved During Chile's Massive Earthquake
When Chile was hit by a magnitude 8.3 earthquake this week, the very ground shifted. By comparing images before and…
A Huge Earthquake Just Shook Chile
A massive earthquake just hit off the coast of Chile. At magnitude of 8.3 and a tsunami warning in effect, this could…
How To Survive The Cascadia Tsunami
“Thirteen thousand people will die in the Cascadia earthquake and tsunami,” reads Kathryn Schulz’s now-infamous New…
Look at the Tiny Earthquakes Scientists Make to Predict Real Ones
This photo, captured through a polarizing filter, shows the buildup of stress along a modeled fault line at Los Alamos…
A Map Of How Far The Earthquake In Nepal Moved The Earth
Last month, Nepal was hit by a devastating 7.8 earthquake. And then, just a few days later, an aftershock of almost…