Earthquakes can be triggered by the Earth's tides, UCLA scientists confirmed Oct. 21 in Science Express, the online journal of Science. Earth tides are produced by the gravitational pull of the moon ...

We’ve all heard of ocean tides, but have you ever heard of Earth tides? Yes, just like the ocean, the Earth’s crust also moves up and down daily. Just like ocean tides, Earth tides occur because of ...

An image of the Earth and moon comparing ocean tides (shown as a small blue ring) to plasmasphere tides (shown as a large orange ring) The moon exerts a previously unknown tidal force on the "plasma ...

Scientists have captured magnetic signatures from Earth's ocean tides in the finest detail yet. These faint signals, which certain satellites can detect when flying at very low orbits, may hold clues ...

This effect is also based on how close the moon is to the Earth, because closer objects have more pull. We see higher tides ...

Faults in the Ridgecrest, California area were very sensitive to solid earth tidal stresses in the year and a half before the July 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake sequence, researchers reported at the ...

It's a story of competing tides. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The length of Earth's day is only 24 hours, rather than over 60 ...

King tides occur when the Earth, moon and sun align and gravity causes unusually high tides. Olympia area could see tides as high as about 16 feet this weekend.

You may want to look up on Tuesday and Wednesday nights to catch a special sight in the sky: a supermoon, the closest of the ...

King tides are returning to the Oregon Coast on Nov. 5, officially kicking off the 2025-26 king tide season.