California's earthquake faults are more likely to be "overdue" for a major quake than those elsewhere in the world, new ...

According to a recent studypublished in JGR Solid Earth, nearly half of California’s fault lines—including the infamous San ...

Beneath Earth s surface, nearly 3,000 kilometers down, lies a mysterious layer where seismic waves speed up inexplicably. For ...

While the New Madrid Seismic Zone is around 500 miles from Iowa's most populous city of Des Moines, a major earthquake there could still cause significant damage to infrastructure in the Hawkeye State ...

The United States Geological Survey released a report at the beginning of this year looking at the risk of earthquakes around the country. The hazard map was ... is home to fault lines where ...

Scientists using the USGS National Seismic Hazard Model,created a color-coded map ... strong earthquake were to occur. A photo shows signage for the San Andreas Fault, the main fault line in ...

A group of fault lines sit underground near Van Horn, Texas, dating up to 1.6 million years old, according to a map published by ... for the growing hazard of earthquakes throughout West Texas ...