The resuspension of seafloor sediments—triggered by human activities such as bottom trawling as well as natural processes ...

Lake sediment cores in Guatemala reveal directional ground shaking from the 1976 earthquake, offering rare insight into ...

Scientists say the size of earthquake faults may have been previously underestimated, extending potentially dangerous ...

Federal cuts to the U.S. Geological Survey have prompted fears of losing vital information on earthquake activity and ...

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

An earthquake struck Julian Monday morning and was felt across San Diego County, including parts of Los Angeles and Tijuana.

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 ...

A flurry of seismic activity that caused 160 quakes in just two hours at the Laguna del Maule volcanic field in central Chile ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — An earthquake shook Taiwan on Wednesday morning, setting off alarms in the capital, but no damage was immediately reported. The Central Weather Administration measured the ...

Taiwan lies along the Pacific Ring of Fire, the line of seismic faults encircling the Pacific Ocean from Chile to New Zealand where most of the world's earthquakes occur. Taiwan's worst modern quake, ...

Taiwan lies along the Pacific "Ring of Fire," the line of seismic faults encircling the Pacific Ocean from Chile to New Zealand where most of the world's earthquakes occur. Taiwan's worst modern quake ...

Taiwan lies along the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” the line of seismic faults encircling the Pacific Ocean from Chile to New Zealand where most of the world’s earthquakes occur. Taiwan's worst modern quake ...