Coastal communities from northern California to British Columbia live atop the Cascadia Subduction Zone, which spans about ...

A new paper explains how the properties of fault rocks and geologic events that took place over a billion years ago could ...

Minor quakes can disrupt natural tectonic patterns deep underground and change stress landscape, new study finds ...

Scientists have detected unusual activity along the San Andreas Fault, sparking concerns that a major earthquake could be ...

The cataclysmic earthquakes happen so infrequently. They are the sharks. But the cows are what’s going to get you. Q: The Hayward Fault seems to be the one we hear people most worried about.

The team's research revealed significant clues about the Wasatch Fault's earthquake risk. Researchers explain why properties of fault rocks and geologic events that occurred more than a billion ...

The numbers shift over time. There were 301 Tennessee earthquakes in 2018 but just 11 in 1994. The ground shakes when there is a sudden slip on a fault. The sudden slip releases energy in waves ...

"The Wasatch Fault plunges, toward the west, at a steep angle at the surface in the Salt Lake City area." A steep angle could mean seismic activity may be dampened during an earthquake and spare ...

An earthquake of magnitude 4.2 hit Afghanistan ... Afghanistan sits on numerous fault lines between the Indian and the Eurasian tectonic plates, with a fault line also running directly through ...

6.1-Magnitude Earthquake Jolts Greek Islands With No Reported Injuries ATHENS, Greece (AP) — An undersea 6.1-magnitude earthquake scale struck off the Greek island of Crete early Thursday and ...