Learning Geology

Earthquakes rip through our cities, with seismic waves that tear down our buildings and take away lives in the process. Just two years ago,...

Earthquake prediction is the ultimate goal of seismologists . Being able to predict when and where an earthquake will occur could save tho...

Defining the “Size” of Earthquakes  Some earthquakes shake the ground violently, whereas others can barely be felt. Seismologists have dev...

How Do We Measure and Locate Earthquakes? Most news reports about earthquakes provide information on the size and location of an earthqu...

What Causes Earthquakes? To the causes of earthquakes , Ancient cultures offered a variety of explanations for seismicity (earthquake act...

Damages from Earthquakes An area ravaged by a major earthquake is a heartbreaking sight. The terror and sorrow etched on the faces of sur...

Can seismologists predict earthquakes?  The answer depends on the time frame of the prediction. With our present understanding of the dis...

"I do not know of any fields in which professionals enjoy their work more than geologists do. Perhaps this is due to the uniquenes...

Yet another incident evident of the Indian plate movement towards North into the Eurasia. Another earthquake struck Pakistan few minut...

The Indonesian province of Papua had experienced a powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.0 recorded by the U.S Geological Survey. The ea...

Earthquake An earthquake is the brittle, sudden failure of the earth's crust or mantle. Earthquakes are caused by several factors ho...