Now, researchers have connected 49 seismic events to impact craters, proving that meteorite strikes leave distinct seismic ...

To find out, the team used whole-Earth oscillation data from 104 past earthquakes to create a detailed 3D model of the upper ...

Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could ...

Continent-size islands deep inside Earth's mantle could be more than a billion years old, a new study finds.

When seismic waves encounter unusual structures in the mantle, changes in wave speed provide seismologists with clues about Earth’s deep interior. Over the decades, seismic data revealed that ...

Waves that ripple from Earth's centre can be used to sense what it's made of, and where those materials might be found.

A 7.6 magnitude earthquake hit the Caribbean Sea south of the Cayman Islands on Saturday evening, followed by temporary ...

Location of the LLSVPs and a schematic representation of the Earth's cross-section for speed and damping of the seismic waves. Deeply hidden in Earth’s mantle there are two huge ‘islands ...

ATHENS: A fresh series of quakes hit the Aegean island of Santorini early on Thursday (Feb 6), part of an unprecedented ...