Research on one of the world's largest earthquake simulators has made buildings, bridges, and other infrastructure more ...

More than a dozen earthquakes have rattled Central Idaho since Sunday morning in an “unusual flurry” of activity, according ...

Coastal communities from northern California to British Columbia live atop the Cascadia Subduction Zone, which spans about ...

In the U.S., this preparation hinges in large part on the expertise of scientists and engineers in federal agencies who develop earthquake hazard models and contribute to the creation of building ...

Seismic symphonies of minor earthquakes may affect grand movements on major faults.

A recent study from Utah State University geoscientists explores the characteristics of rocks from a fault zone in Utah.

a scientist with the U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program. She pointed to footage from a Taiwan maternity ward during a 7.4-magnitude quake last year, when an alert sent a trio of ...

California has dozens of earthquakes every day. Most are below 3.0 magnitude, so small that they aren’t felt.

A 10-story cold-formed steel-framed building will soon be put to the test on an earthquake simulator at the University of ...

“The best guide to earthquake hazards in (this specific ... Earthquakes in the Eastern U.S. can be felt at greater distances than those that occur in the west, USGS states. The Decatur quake was felt ...