Earthquakes remain one of nature’s most terrifying forces. While we still can’t predict them, science has advanced in identifying where they’re most likely to occur. Our planet’s crust is made of ...

Earthquake in Japan: a 3D model reveals how hidden faults raised the ground by up to 5 meters on the Noto Peninsula.

A powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Alaska on Wednesday, triggering a tsunami warning. The quake’s ...

Though what is considered a big earthquake varies, significant damage to buildings starts at 6.1 to 6.9 magnitude earthquakes, according to Michigan Tech University's earthquake magnitude scale.

A string of recent earthquakes off the West Coast of the U.S., ranging from 2.8 to 5.6 on the Richter scale, could help trigger the earthquake colloquially known as "the Big One." ...

California has dozens of earthquakes every day. Most are below 3.0 magnitude, so small that they aren’t felt. But a few, like the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, are massive, capable of ...

My parents’ Big One was the 1971 Sylmar quake (6.6). Advertisement (It’s sobering to note that California has yet to experience the real Big One.

Without the giant lake there, putting enormous pressure on the San Andreas and contributing to a more vulnerable fault, the coming big one — a Southern California quake that could cause some ...

Having half a dozen earthquakes with a magnitude 2.5 or greater strike in a single week is not a common occurrence in Southern California. String of SoCal quakes: Are they telling us something bigger?

Since 1900, the region has had six other magnitude 7 or greater big strike-slip earthquakes within about 155 miles (250 km) of today's earthquake, according to the USGS.

If the ocean floor had a nervous system, it might look something like this: thousands of miles of fiber-optic cables ...