The region sits atop an ancient fault line ... Another earthquake hit the same around on Tuesday, also measuring a 3.1 magnitude. An assessment from Michigan Tech University showed that people ...

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

At 4.1 magnitude near Greenback, the May 10 quake was large for our area. Experts look back on the last earthquakes to ...

Minor quakes can disrupt natural tectonic patterns deep underground and change stress landscape, new study finds ...

The numbers shift over time. There were 301 Tennessee earthquakes in 2018 but just 11 in 1994. The ground shakes when there is a sudden slip on a fault. The sudden slip releases energy in waves ...

Most earthquakes happen along fault lines, which are the boundaries between tectonic plates. Here in California, we have the San Andreas Fault. It forms the boundary between the Pacific and North ...

To better understand how the characteristics of the affected fault lines impact earthquake dynamics, researchers in Japan used recently developed simulations to make a detailed model of the fault.

ATLANTA -- An earthquake was reportedly felt throughout portions of several states Saturday morning, according to the Associated Press. The U.S. Geological Survey says the 4.1 preliminary ...

Roman empires, King Charlemagne, and successive modern Italian governments have all attempted to get beyond the planning phase, but cost, time, and the challenges of building in an earthquake ...