The Julian earthquake is worth closer examination not for its size or damage (there was very little), but for a demonstration ...

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

The Gofar fault operates much like the San Andreas, in that two tectonic ... They represent the least well-studied of the three major plate boundaries, which include divergent boundaries, like ...

The work reveals unexpected brine deposits beneath the seafloor near the fault, which could change the way we conceptualize oceanic transform faults. The Gofar fault operates much like the San Andreas ...

There is, of course, the mighty San Andreas, whose massive slip caused the ... and is eventually unleashed in the form of ...

"Mitchell said, "Most earthquakes, but not all, happen at the boundaries of tectonic plates. The stresses at those plates are ...

Experts say portions of the continent are pulling apart, creating the possibility that the Horn of Africa will become an island.

The earthquake risk at Scott Dam may be a key factor in PG&E’s decision to abandon the Potter Valley Project.

Experts say the earthquake in Myanmar last month was likely the strongest to hit the country in decades. Automatic ...