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 ...

Seismologists studying earthquake patterns in California have uncovered extraordinary evidence of a rare geological process ...

Seismologist Deborah Kilb was wading through California earthquake records from the past four decades when she noticed ...

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 ...

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

Earthquakes strike when tectonic plates, the large rocks making up the Earth’s crust, rub against each other. The USGS says the Myanmar quake occurred due to “strike slip faulting” between ...

California was hit by multiple earthquakes on Wednesday, just days after a major 5.2 magnitude quake rocked the state.

While not a household name like the San Andreas, the Elsinore fault is part of a larger seismic zone that experts fear and ...

Millions of people across Southern California learned about a 5.2-magnitude earthquake that hit San Diego County on Monday ...

Mega volcano is set to EXPLODE as dozens of earthquakes destabilize its centerSouthern California hasn't stopped shaking ...