Scientists have uncovered a rare slow-motion earthquake in Japan’s most tsunami-prone fault zone.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Monday acknowledged the possibility of future ...

Scientists are keeping a close watch on the chances of a megathrust earthquake happening soon. These are the strongest types ...

The UC San Diego shake table, located on an industrial lot off Pomerado Road, is the only outdoor facility of its kind in the ...

If a megathrust earthquake were to happen today, the 100-year floodplain —the key metric used to determine which homes are at risk of flood, and what homes need to purchase flood insurance ...

Researchers at UC San Diego on Friday put a 10-story, cold-formed steel building to the test, simulating how the structure would move in the midst of a major earthquake.

Megathrust faults can generate some of Earth’s largest quakes. One example is the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, which rocked Japan and fomented a tsunami that devastated coastal areas, as shown.

Just look at what happened in Tokyo. On March 11, 2011, the strongest earthquake ever recorded in Japan—a 9.0 megathrust—struck off the country’s northern east coast in the early afternoon.

A magnitude 5.8 earthquake rattled coastal communities in southwestern Turkey early Tuesday morning, leaving at least one person dead as people desperately tried to escape their homes amid the panic.