Scientists were watching closely as a subduction zone along Costa Rica built to its breaking point in 2012. When a magnitude-7.6 earthquake finally ripped open the offshore fault on Sept. 5, 2012 ...

IMAGE: A map of the earthquakes triggered around the globe within a week of the April 2012 earthquake off the coast of Sumatra (white star). This year’s largest earthquake, a magnitude 8.6 ...

This year's largest earthquake, a magnitude 8.6 temblor on April 11 centered in the East Indian Ocean off Sumatra, did little damage, but it triggered quakes around the world for at least a week ...

After millions more years of similar earthquakes, the ruptures will begin to favor a particular path, giving rise to a new plate boundary, and separating today's existing plate into two.

The April 2012 great earthquake near Sumatra involved a complicated faulting process unlike anything seen before.

The powerful magnitude-8.6 earthquake that shook Sumatra on April 11, 2012, was the largest strike-slip quake ever recorded. Now, as researchers report on their findings from the first high ...

A strong earthquake struck Friday off the coast of northeastern Japan in the same region that was hit by a massive earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 Buildings in Tokyo swayed for at least ...

Scientists using GPS to study changes in the Earth’s shape accurately forecasted the size and location of the magnitude 7.6 Nicoya earthquake that occurred in 2012 in Costa Rica.

The death toll from a 5.8-magnitude earthquake in northern Italy rose to 17 after the discovery of another body, officials said Wednesday.

The magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on July 29, 2025, is now among the top 10 strongest ever recorded globally.

Scientists were watching closely as a subduction zone along Costa Rica built to its breaking point in 2012. When a magnitude-7.6 earthquake finally ripped open the offshore fault on Sept. 5, 2012 ...