Scientists at Stanford have unveiled the first-ever global map of rare earthquakes that rumble deep within Earth’s mantle rather than its crust. Long debated and notoriously difficult to confirm, ...

Learn more about “boomerang” earthquakes and why scientists say they may be more common than previously believed.

A new kind of earthquake has been detected in western Canada, one that shakes the ground slower and longer than typical seismic events. These earthquakes, recorded during hydraulic fracturing for oil ...

First global map of mantle earthquakes reveals seismic activity far beneath continents, challenging old ideas about Earth’s ...

Researchers were once unsure whether mantle earthquakes existed. Now they have a global map of this mysterious phenomenon.

Stanford scientists have developed a new method for identifying rare earthquakes in the Earth’s upper mantle, under the ...

Guerrero, Mexico is an active site with several recent major earthquakes, but also a small area called the ‘Guerrero seismic gap’ (pictured) where no earthquakes have occurred for more than a century.

Scientists are warning that underexplored "supershear" earthquakes could have serious impacts in California, particularly near the infamous San Andreas Fault. "The San Andreas is the perfect setting ...

Missouri Earthquake Awareness Month is observed across the state each February. JEFFERSON CITY – As Missourians shovel snow and huddle indoors against the February cold, earthquakes are among the last ...