Professor Dean Whitman, of the Department of Earth and Environment, studies earthquakes. He answers questions about the geophysics of the destructive event.

A massive 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck near Sand Point, Alaska, on July 16, 2025, prompting an urgent tsunami warning for parts of the Alaskan Peninsula. According to the U.S. Geological Survey ...

Factors like the short interval between the two powerful quakes and different types of soil led to some structures collapsing ...

A new type of seismic threat is gaining attention among geologists—and it could have serious implications for California. Known as “supershear” earthquakes, these rare but devastating quakes travel ...

There have been eight earthquakes in the last 30 days in Idaho with a magnitude 2.5 or higher.All of them have been in the Sawtooth or Salmon River mountains in Study: Tsunami from Cascadia mega-quake ...

Venezuela experienced a rare earthquake doublet, with two powerful quakes causing significant damage and casualties in the ...

An unusual seismic signal recorded less than a minute before a widely felt magnitude 4.2 earthquake in central Alaska may ...