The seafloor northeast of Neiafu, Tonga, lurched again on May 26, 2026, when a magnitude-5.4 earthquake struck along the ...
If you’ve ever wondered why so many earthquakes and volcanoes seem to happen around the Pacific, there’s a reason! It’s all thanks to a fiery stretch of the planet called the "Ring of Fire." The ...
The magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on July 29 may have been one of the 10 largest ever recorded on the planet, but it wasn't totally unprecedented. The ...
Lo c Vanderkluysen, PhD, an associate professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, was quoted in a July 28 Live Science article about the Pacific Ring of Fire, a horseshoe-shaped belt of volcanoes ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. After a relatively quiet 2025 for eclipses, the skies are ...