The 2.8 magnitude earthquake occurred at about 5:30 p.m. local time on Tuesday, with shaking felt across Virginia and beyond.

The effect of an earthquake is the damage which happens as a result of the earthquake. The effects of an earthquake can vary depending on: We can classify the effects of an earthquake into the ...

Plates at subduction zones typically move just a few centimeters per year. But when accumulated stress at these convergent ...

More than 100 earthquakes that damaged households across Surrey were likely caused by fracking, according to a landmark study ...

Scientists may have discovered the cause of more than 100 mysterious earthquakes that shook the UK. Following the tremors, ...

One more earthquake cause is how the ground here in the east is shifting. Our ground is still feeling the effects of glaciers from the last ice age. Think of our ground as a memory foam pillow.

Nepal earthquakes caused significant destruction, leading to severe loss of life and infrastructure. Recently, a 7.1 ...

Earthquake Magnitude Scale Magnitude Earthquake Effects Estimated Number Each Year 2.5 or less Usually not felt, but can be recorded by seismograph. Millions 2.5 to 5.4 Often felt, but only causes ...

As faults are often under considerable strain, even a small change in stress can cause the rapid movement of rock - leading to an earthquake. The story was complicated further by the fact that ...

A 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck Tibet on January 7th, killing at least 126 people. The quake’s epicentre was in Dingri county, some 50 miles from the base of Mount Everest and near the holy ...

The plates move very slowly, typically a few centimetres annually but this can still result in huge deformations at their boundaries which cause earthquakes. Such events happen when there is a ...

The earthquake epicentres appear to be near to the Horse Hill fracking site Credit: Gareth Fuller/PA Geologists at the time were divided over whether oil extraction was the cause of the quakes ...