First quakes are the most dangerous: Once a healed fault ruptures for the first time, it cannot generate another major ...

You are going about your day. All is calm and quiet until suddenly, the ground beneath your feet begins to shake, and items ...

It’s just one word that has only three syllables, but it’s a concept that is universally understood: Tsunami. As the Bay Area waits for the “Big One” to strike what is the risk of that seismic event ...

One structural geologist calls it the 'million-dollar question' that underlies all work in her laboratory: what goes on deep in the earth as strike-slip faults form in the crust? This is the fault ...

Monday’s deadly earthquakes in southern Türkiye, which hit 10 provinces, were quite severe due to their close proximity to the surface and the type of fault, according to prominent US seismologists.

YACHATS, Ore. — A 5.4 magnitude earthquake was among two that struck early Wednesday morning off Oregon's coast. According to ...