In a study appearing in Science Advances, the researchers report that episodes of heavy snowfall and rain likely contributed to a swarm of earthquakes over the past several years in northern Japan ...

When scientists look for an earthquake’s cause, their search often starts underground. As centuries of seismic studies have made clear, it’s the collision of tectonic plates and the movement of ...

Earthquakes are caused by a sudden movement along faults within the Earth, but new research by MIT scientists suggests that heavy snowfall and rain could play a role play in setting off tremors.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Since late 2020, the northeastern region of Japan’s Noto Peninsula has been shaken by a relentless barrage of earthquakes, occurring at an astonishing rate 10 times higher than the ...

Evan Bush is a science reporter for NBC News. He can be reached at Evan.Bush@nbcuni.com. A new theory suggests that heavy snowfall could be a factor in triggering swarms of earthquakes — evidence that ...

A patch of heavy rain might force you to change your plans for a few days. But for the residents of a few Japanese districts, torrential showers have begun to shake up a little more than their ...

KANAZAWA--Snow began falling in Ishikawa Prefecture on Jan. 7, a development expected to further hamper efforts to find survivors and deliver relief goods nearly a week after the powerful ...