Laboratory earthquakes demonstrate how grains at fault boundaries cause large quakes. Laboratory earthquakes demonstrate how grains at fault boundaries cause large quakes.
Scientists believe a significant earthquake was reported off the coast of Japan, near Fukushima, the location of a nuclear disaster precipitated by a quake a decade ago.
The massive Hunga undersea volcano in the South Pacific Ocean erupted on January 15, 2022, devastating the island country of Tonga and causing a variety of atmospheric wave types.