Scientists say the size of earthquake faults may have been previously underestimated, extending potentially dangerous ...

Fault zones are often wide, branching networks rather than narrow lines, requiring a shift to 3D models for better earthquake ...

Federal cuts to the U.S. Geological Survey have prompted fears of losing vital information on earthquake activity and ...

Using data compiled from single earthquakes across the world, Christie Rowe of the Nevada Seismological Laboratory at the University of Nevada, Reno and Alex Hatem of the U.S. Geological Survey sought ...

The Julian earthquake is worth closer examination not for its size or damage (there was very little), but for a demonstration ...

Scientists found new evidence that Earth’s crust is peeling underneath the Sierra Nevada in California. The process might be how the continents formed, they say.

At the Seismological Society of America's Annual Meeting , researchers posed a seemingly simple question: how wide are faults?Using data compiled ...

The magnitude 5.2 earthquake that shook most of Southern California on Monday did not result in any reported injuries or ...

About 70% of the earth’s surface is ocean, yet only 5% of the world’s oceans have been explored. One matter overlooked by the ...

April 16, 2026 (Julian) -- While the 5.2 earthquake centered in Julian Monday was minor, the Elsinore Fault that produced it ...