A major Hayward fault quake could shake some Bay Area communities harder than expected because of the ground beneath them, ...

A long-dormant fault line, the Tintina fault, is stirring after 40 million years of inactivity. Recent discoveries near ...

This has scientists quaking in their boots. Researchers have found that one of the US’ most dangerous fault lines is overdue for an earthquake, potentially threatening millions of people across ...

Most people picture earthquakes as a West Coast problem. California shakes regularly, the news covers it, and residents there have grown accustomed to a certain background level of geological anxiety.

A hidden network of earthquake faults running beneath Seattle may be far more active than scientists realized. New research ...

Unlike the San Andreas Fault — one of the most heavily studied faults in the world — scientists know comparatively little about the Rose Canyon Fault.

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After earthquakes centered in New Jersey rattled parts the New York metropolitan area twice in less than two weeks, a seismologist says it's unlikely a sign of things to come. A 3.0 magnitude ...