The Japanese archipelago is actively undergoing seismic shifts due to interactions between the oceanic plate and the continental plate. At the plate boundaries located directly beneath areas of Japan ...

Earthquakes seem to happen at random; they seldom give advance warning, and cannot be predicted with any certainty. Last week Professor Hugo Benioff of CalTech explained his theory that all great ...

Results of a new study by Northwestern University researchers will help earthquake scientists better deal with seismology’s most important problem: when to expect the next big earthquake on a fault.