A recent study by Virginia Tech geoscientists published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences estimates that there’s a 15 percent chance of a magnitude 8.0 earthquake hitting ...

Earthquake activity is now being ... or unrecognized fault lines. As the U.S. Geological Survey updates hazard maps, millions could be living in areas newly at risk. Emergency preparedness and ...

Scientists are warning that a 1,000-foot-tall “mega tsunami” could potentially wipe a large chunk of America off the map – if a strong enough earthquake hits a specific active fault line ...

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

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 ...

California has experienced three earthquakes in the last 24 hours in an area being closely monitored for a major quake. The US Geological Survey (USGS) detected the seismic activity along the San ...

The ripple effect of small earthquakes near major faults Minor quakes can disrupt natural tectonic patterns deep underground and change stress landscape, new study finds Date: May 14, 2025 Source: ...

Coastal communities from northern California to British Columbia live atop the Cascadia Subduction Zone, which spans about ...

Amberlee Darold, a research seismologist at the Oklahoma Geological Survey, said one earthquake, which originated in Oklahoma County near Jones about 5:45 a.m., was 4.5 magnitude and the ninth 4.0 ...

After some rain and showers during the day, a severe weather risk returns to Oklahoma late Thursday night and into Friday ...

For the first time, a video of the shift could help researchers understand how and when fault slips occur alongside other earthquake phenomena, like shaking and rolling. "In 25 years (since ...

But as Dan, a 55-year-old mathematician, pro-Western reformist and mayor of Bucharest, takes over Romania’s presidency, fault lines remain in the country where endemic corruption, inequality and ...