There is a difference between faults and fault lines. The USGS explains a fault is a three-dimensional surface within the ...

The 'Big One' would measure an 8.0 magnitude or above, causing roughly 1,800 deaths, 50,000 injuries and $200 billion in ...

A record-breaking deep earthquake registered in May 2015 offshore of Japan likely was not a tectonic event but triggered by a ...

Within a decade, more than 5,000 residents lived in Malibu. Architects warned of the danger of building in the area, known to ...

Experts say that while it has been quiet after Monday's quake, the risk of one or more aftershocks is not out of the question ...

A 3.8-magnitude earthquake centered near the Maine coast rattled houses in northern New England on Monday and was felt by ...

January 26 marked the 325th anniversary since the last earthquake struck the Cascadia subduction zone. Centuries later, the ...

Alex de Steiguer was about to send an email from a house on Star Island, 7 miles off the coast of Maine and New Hampshire, when she heard what she thought was a big plane flying over. Outside, a flock ...

A 6.0 magnitude earthquake in Napa, California, in 2014 was only felt around 250 miles from its epicenter, the USGS reported. The reason is that rocks in the eastern U.S. are much older than in ...

according to the Great California Shakeout. Experts are 'fairly confident that there could be a pretty large earthquake at some point in the next 30 years,' Angie Lux, project scientist for ...