A devastating earthquake in Myanmar is giving scientists new insight into how major quakes start, spread, and grow. The ...
This gradual accumulation and release of stress and strain is now referred to as the "elastic rebound theory" of earthquakes. Most earthquakes are the result of the sudden elastic rebound of ...
On Monday residents of northeastern Japan were rattled by a massive magnitude 7.7 earthquake off the coast and warned of possible tsunamis, as well as a slim chance of a magnitude 8 or higher ...