A new study has unraveled the hidden mechanics of how earthquakes ignite, shedding light on the mysterious transition from quiet, creeping motion to the violent ruptures that shake the Earth. Using ...

Earthquakes don’t occur everywhere. They occur along the boundaries of the earth’s tectonic plates, along either known active faults or dormant faults. The East Coast is crisscrossed with ancient ...

The Earth’s crust is a dynamic, interconnected system where accumulated tectonic stresses are intermittently released, causing seismic events. Recent advances in experimental and theoretical ...

Advanced satellite and lidar mapping has uncovered signs that the Tintina fault in Canada's Yukon may be primed for a powerful earthquake. A long-overlooked geologic fault in Canada's remote north may ...

South Carolina has uncharacteristically high seismic activity. The Palmetto State, which lies on the interior part of the North American tectonic plate, has experienced hundreds of earthquakes in the ...

Over 400 earthquakes have been recorded in Massachusetts since 1668, according to the Northeast States Emergency Consortium. Federal cuts to the U.S. Geological Survey have prompted fears of losing ...

Tremors are regularly reported in this remote Russian peninsula dotted with volcanoes, some of which erupt every year. By Nataliya Vasilyeva The Kamchatka Peninsula is so known in Russia for its ...

Julia Shumway / Oregon Capital Chronicle The so-called “Big One” or Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake expected to trigger disruptive quakes throughout the West Coast could cause more damage than ...

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck off the northern California coast near the town of Ferndale on Thursday morning, causing temporary tsunami warnings in California and Oregon. Though the warning, ...

A fault line on the Canadian border, thought to be dormant for tens of millions of years, could cause a major earthquake, a new study has revealed. The Tintina fault stretches about 600 miles from ...