Earthquakes occur along fault lines between continental plates, where one plate is diving beneath another. Pressure builds between each plate, called fault stress. When this stress builds enough to ...

Multiple tremors were recorded by the USGS over the past week, including one which struck as the Oscars ceremony was underway.

South Carolina has high seismic activity despite not being on a plate boundary. Scientists still don't know the answer for ...

Istanbul is perched atop the North Anatolian Fault, one of the world’s most active and dangerous fault lines. Over the centuries, this region has been rocked by dozens of major earthquakes.

A 3.9-magnitude earthquake struck near North Hollywood around 10:13 p.m. local time, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. According to the USGS, light shaking was felt in Burbank and North ...

The latest seismic activity was felt as far north as Roswell ... it puts pressure on fault lines, resulting in more earthquakes. 'The practice of deep injection of oil field wastewater, known ...