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The 10 Largest Earthquakes Ever Recorded, Mapped
The 1960 Valdivia earthquake in Chile leads the USGS list at magnitude 9.5, with the 2025 Kamchatka earthquake among the top ten.
Are earthquakes becoming more common? Here’s what the numbers say
Meghan S. Miller, Australian National University and Allen Husker, California Institute of Technology Whenever there’s a series of…
Myanmar quake hints at an unpredictable ‘Big One’ for California
A startling earthquake in Myanmar suggests that California's next "Big One" on the San Andreas fault could be far more complex and unpredictable than past events, a new study by Caltech finds.
The first video of Earth’s surface lurching sideways in an earthquake offers new insights into this force of nature
Sai Aung MAIN/AFP via Getty Images Jesse Kearse, Kyoto University During the devastating magnitude 7.7 Myanmar earthquake on…
Scientists find ‘slow quakes’ act as both trigger and shock absorber
New research reveals that mysterious “slow earthquakes” deep beneath the ocean can both release tectonic pressure harmlessly and trigger major seismic events dangerously.
Study Uncovers Earth’s Inner Core Slowing Down, Backtracking
At a Glance Recent research by scientists at the University of Southern California (USC) has unveiled a significant…