One of the United States’ most active fault systems poses a significant earthquake hazard, and a major event could have ...

This has scientists quaking in their boots. Researchers have found that one of the US’s most dangerous fault lines is overdue ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ST. LOUIS – Earlier in the month, Missouri and nearby states saw a string of small earthquakes triggered along the New Madrid ...

NAPA, Calif. (KGO) -- Bigger and stronger than first thought. Scientists uncover new findings about the fault line that caused the 6.0 earthquake in Napa nearly a decade ago. The earthquake in 2014 ...

“There’s nothing that’s happened over the past four or five years on this," a city project manager said of the site near San ...

Earthquake researchers believed for decades that rock friction within fault lines follows a simple relationship with temperature. However, a new study published by the Proceedings of the National ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This discovery could really shake up the Big Apple. New York City was rattled harder than some surrounding areas during last April ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A new study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, however, tells a different story. The research team—led by experts from the ...

The Palos Verdes Fault zone, which runs along the coast of Los Angeles and Orange counties, could trigger an earthquake with a magnitude as strong as 7.8, according to a new study released Friday. In ...

A 5.1 magnitude earthquake centered near San Jose on Tuesday occurred along the Calaveras Fault, not the most active fault in the Bay Area. It was the strongest quake along that fault line since a 5.4 ...

ST. LOUIS – Earlier in the month, Missouri and nearby states saw a string of small earthquakes triggered along the New Madrid fault line. It raises the question many have had: Will the New Madrid ...