Pic: Reuters Why is it happening? Earthquakes occur when tectonic plates move suddenly along a fault line, releasing energy in the form of seismic waves. The shaking that results from these waves ...

Now, researchers have connected 49 seismic events to impact craters, proving that meteorite strikes leave distinct seismic ...

The Ethiopian Disaster Risk Management Council is relocating around 60,000 residents in the two regions to temporary shelters because of the risk of further earthquakes. The earthquakes have also ...

Early detection of earthquakes could be vastly improved by tapping into the world's internet network with a groundbreaking new algorithm, researchers say. Fiber optic cables used for cable television, ...

Earthquakes occur when tectonic plates move suddenly along a fault line, releasing energy in the form of seismic waves. The shaking that results from these waves is what we feel during an earthquake.

Ethiopia's Afar and Oromia regions have been hit by several earthquakes and tremors since ... That causes them to crack and release seismic waves. It's this process that's currently being observed ...

Large earthquakes make the whole Earth ring like ... boundary between the Earth's core and mantle. And we see that seismic waves slow down there." Earth scientists therefore call these regions ...

By Dee NinisGreece’s government has just declared a state of emergency on the island of Santorini, as earthquakes shake the island multiple times a day and sometimes only minutes apart.The “earthquake ...

Experts from UNH explain how rare the 3.8 magnitude earthquake was and the likelihood of significant aftershocks.

But the idyll has been disrupted this past week by thousands of earthquakes. Santorini, and other Greek islands in the region, are in the middle of an "unprecedented" seismic swarm or crisis - the ...