An earthquake has struck California's Bay Area right along a fault line experts now fear may be the surprise cause of the ...

Earthquakes create ripple effects in Earth's upper atmosphere that can disrupt satellite communications and navigation ...

Coastal communities from northern California to British Columbia live atop the Cascadia Subduction Zone, which spans about ...

Scientists are warning that a 1,000-foot-tall “mega tsunami” could potentially wipe a large chunk of America off the map – if ...

At the Seismological Society of America's Annual Meeting, researchers posed a seemingly simple question: how wide are faults? Using data compiled from single earthquakes across the world ...

Myanmar was struck by a massive 7.7-magnitude earthquake, followed by another one of 6.4 on the Richter Scale today, which claimed several lives and toppled buildings, ruptured roads and collapsed ...

A swarm of earthquakes rattled along the New Madrid fault line, sparking fear of the “big one” shaking the area known for tremors. Centered in New Madrid, Missouri, the seismic zone “is the ...

Getty Images/iStockphoto A swarm of earthquakes rattled along the New Madrid fault line, sparking fear of the “big one” shaking the area known for tremors. Centered in New Madrid, Missouri ...