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Core‑Reflected Seismic Wave Linked to Countrywide Eastward Shift in Japan

A new Science study suggests deep‑reflected shear waves can trigger widespread, subtle fault slip minutes after major quakes.

Southern San Andreas and San Jacinto Faults Reach 1,000‑Year Stress High, Study Says

Study Finds San Andreas and San Jacinto at 1,000‑Year Stress Peak

Scientists Map Vast Fan-Shaped Basin Province Under East Antarctica

Southern California Faults at 1,000‑Year Stress Peak, Study Finds

Scientists Map East Antarctic Fan-Shaped Basin Province Under Ice

Seafloor ‘Brake Zones’ Explain Gofar Fault’s Clockwork Quakes, Study Finds

Mantle Gases Detected in Zambia’s Kafue Rift Point to Early-Stage Rifting

Scientists Capture Cascadia Subduction Zone Tearing Apart in New Seismic Images

New Paleolatitude 3.0 Tool Lets You Trace Any Location’s Latitude Back 320 Million Years

Seismic Imaging Reveals Ultra-Thin Crust at Turkana Rift Signaling Advanced Breakup Stage

Magnitude 5.7 Quake South of Crete Triggers Civil Protection Alert

New Study Finds Tectonic Uplift Shaped the Twelve Apostles and Pins Their Limestone at 8.6–14 Million Years

Deep Hindu Kush Quakes Send Tremors Across India and Pakistan

Satellite Pinpoints Near-Trench Rupture in 2025 Kamchatka Tsunami

Shallow M6.1 Quake off Northern Sumatra Rattles Simeulue, Triggers No Tsunami Alert

Deep Mantle Flow Built Antarctica’s Extreme Gravity Low, Which Intensified 50–30 Million Years Ago

New Global Map Reveals Young Lunar Fault Ridges, Expanding Moonquake Risk Zones

First Global Catalogue Maps 459 Continental Mantle Earthquakes Since 1990

Deep-Mantle Hot Structures Linked to Long-Lived Patterns in Earth’s Magnetic Field