Browsing: Earthquake

October 10, 20254 min readNew Clues Suggest San Andreas and Cascadia Faults May Produce Synchronized EarthquakesSamples from the seafloor reveal evidence of several earthquakes along the…

September 22, 20252 min readSan Francisco Rattled by Predawn EarthquakeThe San Francisco Bay Area was rattled early this morning by a magnitude 4.3 earthquake along the…

Note: Map shows the area with a shake intensity of 3 or greater, which U.S.G.S. defines as “weak,” though the earthquake may be felt outside the…

September 18, 20252 min readStrong Earthquake Hits Kamchatka. Tsunami Risk WaningA powerful magnitude 7.8 aftershock off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula that arose from July’s magnitude 8.8 earthquake…

Note: Map shows the area with a shake intensity of 3 or greater, which U.S.G.S. defines as “weak,” though the earthquake may be felt outside the…

Note: Map shows the area with a shake intensity of 3 or greater, which U.S.G.S. defines as “weak,” though the earthquake may be felt outside the…

Russian Volcano, Dormant for Hundreds of Years, Erupts after Massive Nearby QuakeThe Krasheninnikov volcano, located less than 150 miles away from the epicenter of Russia’s July…

3.0 Magnitude Earthquake Rumbles New York City Less than 2 Years After the Last OneThe 3.0-magnitude earthquake that shook the East Coast comes a year and…

Russia’s 8.8 Earthquake Is One of the Strongest Ever RecordedRussia’s earthquake was estimated at magnitude 8.8, among the strongest since scientists began monitoringBy Mark Fischetti Damage…

Why the Russian Earthquake Didn’t Cause a Huge TsunamiRussia’s magnitude 8.8 earthquake spawned serious tsunami warnings, but waves have been moderate so far. Here’s the geological…