Stanford University researchers have pulled back a curtain on a hidden part of Earth that rarely makes headlines. Their new ...

First global map of mantle earthquakes reveals seismic activity far beneath continents, challenging old ideas about Earth’s ...

Global distribution of natural and induced seismicity. Natural earthquakes with moment magnitude higher than 5 are color-coded according to their hypocenter depth (upper right colorbar, U.S.

Imagine Mother Nature deciding to redecorate without consulting the tenants. That’s what happened in Afghanistan’s Kunar province last August. They got a 6.0 magnitude surprise. Then, in March, ...

(a) Geological units and earthquake distribution of an oceanic subduction zone. The orange shadow beneath the volcanic arc represents partially molten areas and magma channels. (b) Thermal structure ...