A mega-earthquake might be triggered by two volatile faults, striking in unison, with one quake nudging the other into ...

Thursday’s 3.1 magnitude earthquake was the latest of five notable aftershocks to hit Berkeley since a 4.3 magnitude ...

These are two very different fault systems, but the sediment record suggests that in the past, at least three San Andreas ...

Illustration of the Cascadia subduction zone, a region where the patterns examined in this study play out. (Credit: Carie Frantz, Wikimedia Commons) When we think of earthquakes, we imagine sudden, ...

Samples from the seafloor reveal evidence of several earthquakes along the West Coast’s two major fault zones happening in ...

The Philippine Trench is known to cause strong earthquakes with magnitudes above 7.0 along the country's eastern coast, even capable of generating two or more earthquakes within a short period of time ...

The so-called “Big One” or Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake expected to trigger disruptive quakes throughout the West Coast could cause more damage than previously estimated if it sets off quakes ...

Randy Baxter holds on for dear life as a simulator shows him just how powerful a magnitude 7 earthquake can be. - Disaster ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. California earthquakes are more likely to be "overdue" than other similar fault systems, ...

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) on Wednesday said the fault that caused the on Tuesday that ...

Authorities have identified 60 barangays in Davao City that could be affected if any of the five active fault lines under the ...

When we think of earthquakes, we imagine sudden, violent shaking. But deep beneath the Earth's surface, some faults move in near silence. These slow, shuffling slips and their accompanying hum -- ...