Scientists discover ultra-weak faults near the 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Haiti that continued to slip for weeks.

When it comes to natural or “weather-related hazards”, in Missouri, we think of thunderstorms, floods, and tornadoes. But there is one that is less common and lies beneath the surface—earthquakes. The ...

The giant earthquake that ripped through central Myanmar earlier this year did something seismologists rarely see: it slid along a fault with almost eerie efficiency, converting tectonic strain into ...