The fault has moved the curbs as much as a handspan, around 18 centimeters, since the time they were installed, up to 60 ...

While California and Alaska dominate conversations about earthquakes in the U.S., there's another seismic threat that could ...

New research led by the University of Victoria (UVic) has illuminated a significant and previously unrecognized source of ...

A moderately strong, 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck in Guatemala on Tuesday, according to the United States Geological ...

A new earthquake fault mapping study provides compelling evidence of seismic hazards in Turkey and Syria following the 2023 earthquakes. Researchers from UNC-Chapel Hill, USGS, and global teams ...

A fault line that could unleash a major earthquake is not where scientists thought it was. New research found the Concord ...

An aftershock is usually a smaller earthquake that follows a larger one in the same general area. Aftershocks are typically minor adjustments along the portion of a fault that slipped at the time ...

As the world grapples with how best to help after the Turkey earthquake, experts say there are grim insights for other regions — including Canada — at risk of seismic shocks.

A group of fault lines sit underground near Van Horn, Texas, dating up to 1.6 million years old, according to a map published by the USGS.

The earthquake involved a break on fault extended for 300 kilometers, or more than 186 miles, Susan Hough, a seismologist at the U.S. Geological Survey, told ABC News.

How regional fault lines led to such a destructive earthquake in Turkey, Syria Tens of thousands of people died in a pair of cataclysmic earthquakes.