The first studies of the 28 March 2025 magnitude 7.8 Myanmar earthquake suggest that the southern portion of its rupture occurred at supershear velocity, reaching speeds of 5 to 6 kilometers per ...

A swarm of at least six earthquakes reaching up to magnitude 2.9 rattled San Ramon near San Francisco, the U.S. Geological Survey reports. The other quakes in the Saturday, Dec. 13, swarm ranged from ...

I often get asked how I come up with topics to write about each week. It’s easy. Between Mother Nature and the many brilliant, hardworking, and imaginative scientists in my field, the problem is ...