Geologists unpack why the magnitude 8.8 temblor — the sixth largest ever recorded — fomented waves that reached Japan and Hawaii but caused little damage.

Here's the science behind the magnitude 7.7 earthquake that hit Myanmar on Friday (March 28).

June 14, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

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A groundbreaking study by the University of Tokyo reveals how the complex geometry of fault lines influenced the devastating 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake, offering new insights into earthquake dynamics and future hazard assessments.

Researchers are combining data on earthquake shaking intensity, crowdsourced traffic data from the Waze navigation app and police crash reports to find out if car crashes are more likely during seismic events.

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Scientists used satellite and seismic data to prove mega tsunamis in Greenland fjords created trapped standing waves that shook the Earth. In September 2023, scientists detected a strange global seismic...

Seafloor sensors caught a rare slow quake in action. It hints at how Earth’s stress is quietly released. For the first time, scientists have directly observed a slow slip earthquake in the midst of...

Researchers have developed a laboratory earthquake model that connects the microscopic real contact area between fault surfaces to the possibility of earthquake occurrences. Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, this breakthrough demonstrates the connection between microscopic friction and earthquakes, offering new insights into earthquake mechanics and potential prediction.

For the first time ever, a CCTV camera in Myanmar captured real-time footage of a supershear strike-slip earthquake moving at 3.7 miles per second. According to seismologists at Japan's Kyoto University,...

"Explore the piezoelectric effect's role in earthquake early warning systems and why, according to the USGS, true earthquake prediction is not possible."