About 70% of the earth’s surface is ocean, yet only 5% of the world’s oceans have been explored. One matter overlooked by the ...

Standard home insurance doesn’t cover earthquakes, but paying extra for earthquake insurance isn’t just for Californians.

Researchers are combining data on earthquake shaking intensity, crowdsourced traffic data from the Waze navigation app and ...

California was hit by multiple earthquakes on Wednesday, just days after a major 5.2 magnitude quake rocked the state.

The United States Geological Survey has confirmed an overnight earthquake in Georgia. According to the USGS, the 2.2 ...

Understanding the earthquake history of a region is key to estimating seismic hazard. To help with this task, geologists look ...

A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck far off southwest Australia on Wednesday, but no tsunami warning was issued.

While not a household name like the San Andreas, the Elsinore fault is part of a larger seismic zone that experts fear and ...

In this type of fault, the block of rock above the fault plane, known as the hanging wall, moves downward relative to the block below, called the footwall. Normal faults are typically found at ...

Millions of people across Southern California learned about a 5.2-magnitude earthquake that hit San Diego County on Monday ...

The 28 March magnitude 7.7 Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar) earthquake caused widespread and severe damage in Myanmar and neighboring countries such as Thailand, with more than 5,000 casualties now confirmed ...