Scientists discover enormous pockets of salty brine beneath the Pacific Ocean, key to understanding periodic underwater ...

While most people immediately think of the San Andreas Fault when it comes to potential seismic disasters in the United States, there’s another fault line that has recently been gaining more attention ...

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

While earthquakes do occur on occasion in Florida, what you felt last night wasn't an earthquake, at least according to the U ...

The West Coast lies on a boundary where sections of Earth’s crust rub together, causing stress and slippage along fault lines that generate earthquakes relatively often.

East Coast earthquakes aren’t common, but they are felt by millions. Here’s what to know Since 1950 there have only been about 20 East Coast quakes with a magnitude above 4.5, according to the U.S.

East Coast residents were jolted Friday by a 4.8-magnitude earthquake centered near Lebanon, New Jersey, with weak rumblings felt as far away as Baltimore and the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border… ...