A new study of California's earthquakes say that building pressure underneath two major fault lines converging at Cajon Pass ...

Something is shifting beneath our feet, and the scientific community is increasingly vocal about it. Across North America and beyond, seismologists have been raising alarms about fault systems that ...

Here's what you'll learn when you read this story: Researchers hoping to unravel the dance of earthquake movement in North America's West Coast discovered a disturbing fact: Two of the world's largest ...

The first earthquake struck while the town was still asleep. Around 2:00 am on Dec. 16, 1811, New Madrid—a small frontier settlement of 400 people on land now located in Missouri—was jolted awake.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - The United States' most volatile fault line is overdue for an earthquake, and if one occurs, it could be catastrophic for one of California's most populated regions. The San ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Researchers have identified an actively creeping section of the Concord ...

Researchers have discovered evidence of “partial synchronization” of two of the world’s most famous fault lines—the northern San Andreas Fault and Cascadia Subduction Zone. The relationship between ...