"For a large earthquake to occur, the accumulated strain on the fault must exceed the strength of the asperity. It’s a little ...

Scientists used artificial intelligence to find hidden slow fault movements. These silent events occur beneath California's ...

Earthquake faults deep in Earth can glue themselves back together following a seismic event, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of California, Davis. The work, published in ...

Two earthquakes rocked California in back-to-back days as fears about two major fault lines have been “real and growing.” A ...

California is gradually shifting due to tectonic movement. Here's how impacts have impacted the state.

Scientists say the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults are more stressed than at any time in 1,000 years, raising questions about future California quakes.

As the provisional death toll from the twin earthquakes that struck the country's Northwest on Wednesday reaches 920, Feliciano De Santis, president of the Venezuelan Geological Society, told Le Monde ...

BUTTE, Mont. — Envision this scenario: You are going about your day. All is calm and quiet until suddenly, the ground beneath your feet begins to shake, and items within your home or workspace begin ...

The country was hit hard by a pair of quakes that happened in quick succession and were likely driven by stress being transferred from one part of the fault that runs through the country to another.

Bridget Smith-Konter is a Northern Arizona University researcher who studies the San Andreas fault. And her newest research ...