A dozen earthquakes were detected in a US town that sits on top of a fault line capable of unleashing a powerful and ...

"Nevada is the third most seismically ... were put through a simulated response to a major earthquake on the Mt. Rose fault line, coordinating a regional reaction with local law enforcement ...

A small town in Idaho sitting near the Yellowstone supervolcano has been rocked by an early morning earthquake , possibly ...

The region’s active fault lines, including the Fairview Peak-Dixie Valley Fault Scarps and the Central Nevada Seismic Belt, contribute to the state’s earthquake activity.

The Colorado River was a fault line of near-tectonic political forces by the 1920s, as the seven states within its basin ...

The region’s active fault lines, including the Fairview Peak-Dixie Valley Fault Scarps and the Central Nevada Seismic Belt, contribute to the state’s earthquake activity. The Pleasant Valley fault ...

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 ...

A recent study from Utah State University geoscientists explores the characteristics of rocks from a fault zone in Utah.

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

More than a million Washingtonians regularly take part in the annual Great ShakeOut earthquake drill, practicing how to drop and cover. We sign up for emergency alerts, worry about fault lines, and ...

(Credit: Carie Frantz, Wikimedia Commons) When we think of earthquakes, we imagine sudden, violent shaking. But deep beneath the Earth’s surface, some faults move in near silence. These slow, ...