Federal cuts to the U.S. Geological Survey have prompted fears of losing vital information on earthquake activity and ...

Using data compiled from single earthquakes across the world, Christie Rowe of the Nevada Seismological Laboratory at the University of Nevada, Reno and Alex Hatem of the U.S. Geological Survey sought ...

The Julian earthquake is worth closer examination not for its size or damage (there was very little), but for a demonstration ...

Myanmar's deadly earthquake has raised alarms beyond Southeast Asia. In Africa, fault lines stretching across the continent ...

At the Seismological Society of America's Annual Meeting, researchers posed a seemingly simple question: how wide are faults?

Sediment cores drawn from four lakes in Guatemala record the distinct direction that ground shaking traveled during a 1976 ...

A massive 7.7 earthquake and powerful aftershock struck near Mandalay, Burma, shaking buildings and damaging infrastructure ...

About 70% of the earth’s surface is ocean, yet only 5% of the world’s oceans have been explored. One matter overlooked by the ...

Below California's famed beaches, mountains and metropolitan areas lies a sinister web of earthquake faults — some so ...

The temblor was detected near Julian, California. There were no immediate reports of major damage or injuries.

A series of aftershocks hit eastern San Diego County following a 5.2 magnitude earthquake that rattled much of San Diego and ...