Santa Rosa City Schools campuses are being transformed this summer, but two campuses must undergo required earthquake studies ...

California's San Andreas Fault is capable of triggering a massive earthquake. Here's what to know about this famous location ...

In the remote wilderness of northeastern Utah, a strange and unsettling phenomenon is quietly unfolding. A massive earth ...

Nearly two dozen state geological surveys depend heavily on federal funds. A proposed budget cut could slow or stop key ...

Anson Resources’ new Petrel model will provide valuable insights and information about its Green River lithium project.

Researchers explain why properties of fault rocks and geologic events that occurred more than a billion years ago portend worrisome seismic activity for Utah's population center. About 240 miles ...

California, known for its seismic activity due to several geological faults such as the famous San Andreas Fault, has always experienced several small quakes most of them which can be either perceived ...

Fault scarps — linear “steps” in the ground formed when past large earthquakes (generally magnitude 6.5 and higher) ruptured the Earth’s surface along geologic faults — are one such ...

An earthquake occurs because of slippage between the earth's tectonic plates, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The edges of the plates, or plate boundaries, are made up of many faults ...

a geophysicist with the Washington Geological Survey, said in a statement. "As this progressed, the tear fault got longer and longer." Related: Nearly 75% of the US is at risk from damaging ...

That ancient tear zone set the geologic stage for the modern Seattle fault, the study authors posit. "It was a total surprise," said Megan Anderson, a geophysicist with the Washington Geological ...