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A video captured during the 2025 Myanmar earthquake may be a first-of-its-kind recording of a surface-level fault rupture.

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Extremely Rare Video Shows the Earth Being Violently Torn Apart During an Earthquake

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

When a small earthquake struck, a patient named Justin Allen was lying down on an operating table getting a vasectomy.

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Earthquake Strikes While Man Is Midway Through Vasectomy

By Sharon Adarlo

A small earthquake has hit the East Coast, striking a highly populated area in central New Jersey, less than 60 miles from New York City.

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Earthquake Rattles New York City, Eastern United States

By Victor Tangermann

Tsunami waves that hit Tonga's Pacific island nation shores following an underwater volcano eruption— and if you want, you can watch in real time.

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Hey Kids, Wanna See Satellite Footage of a Volcano Violently Erupting?

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Scientists still aren't positive what caused the earthquake-like tremors across New Hampshire, but the new best guess is a meteor exploding overhead.

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Meteor May Have Caused Huge Explosion Over New Hampshire, Scientists Say

By Dan Robitzski

What seemed to be an earthquake shook New Hampshire on Sunday, but experts say there's no evidence of a quake and they have no idea what really happened.

Residents Heard an Earth-Shattering Explosion and Experts Have No Idea What It Was

By Dan Robitzski

A team of German researchers have finally solved the mystery of a mysterious seismic humming first discovered in November 2018: an underwater volcano.

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Scientists Find Source of Bizarre Worldwide Humming Noise

By Victor Tangermann

Severe storms can actually shake the ocean floor, causing "stormquakes," according to a newly published study of seismic activity.

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Some Storms Are so Strong They Shake the Ocean Floor, Says Study

By Kristin Houser

When An Earthquake Strikes, Crawl Inside This Egg-Shaped Safety Pod

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When An Earthquake Strikes, Crawl Inside This Egg-Shaped Safety Pod

By Victor Tangermann

AI could help predict earthquakes

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Scientists Are Hopeful AI Could Help Predict Earthquakes

By Jon Christian

Researchers have created an AI that can predict the location of earthquake aftershocks far more accurately than the best available model.

Google’s AI Can Help Predict Where Earthquake Aftershocks Are Most Likely

By Kristin Houser

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A New AI Detected 17 Times More Earthquakes Than Traditional Methods

By Chelsea Gohd

When It Comes To Natural Disasters, Technology Has An Unavoidable Dark Side

When It Comes To Natural Disasters, Technology Has An Unavoidable Dark Side

By Aylin Woodward

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Everything Is Terrible: 5 More Things to Worry About in 2018

By Aylin Woodward

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How Engineering Earthquake-Proof Buildings Could Save Lives

By Alexandra Ossola

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Strange “Earthquake Lights” Accompanied Mexico’s 8.2 Magnitude Earthquake