Earthquake scientists rely on distant seismic instruments to infer how faults rupture during large earthquakes. This video ...

A study has expanded the earthquake record for the Yellowstone Caldera by 10 times to include 86,276 events from 2008 to 2022 ...

The alerts rely on detecting fast-moving P-waves, which precede the more destructive S-waves during an earthquake. If enough ...

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

An early-warning system on Android phones has detected more than 1,000 earthquakes worldwide since 2021, sometimes giving ...

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

The Concord Fault in the Bay Area is not where scientists thought. A new 4.4-mile segment is shifting under homes, prompting plans for an Earthquake Fault Zone. The fault could cause earthquakes as ...

The Concord Fault, which runs through Bay Area neighborhoods in Concord and Walnut Creek is in a different location than previously understood. It could produce a major earthquake in the Bay Area.

As Utah prepares for an overdue, big earthquake, University of Utah seismologists found that current seismic hazard models may be underestimating the intensity of shaking the Salt Lake Valley ...

Researchers have developed a laboratory earthquake model that connects the microscopic real contact area between fault surfaces to the possibility of earthquake occurrences. Published in the ...

The next big earthquake: When is the Bay Area due? It’s been more than 10 years since the the big Napa quake and 35 since Loma Prieta. Should you worry?