Researchers from a renowned U.S. university captured a slow slip earthquake in motion. It was captured during the act of releasing tectonic pressure on a major fault zone at the bottom of the ocean. A ...

If you live in Southern California, there is an ever-present fear about the inevitable “Big One,” the quake that seismologists say is coming, it’s just a matter of time. That’s the implication of a ...

Earthquakes don’t occur everywhere. They occur along the boundaries of the earth’s tectonic plates, along either known active faults or dormant faults. The East Coast is crisscrossed with ancient ...

A new report studied a massive earthquake that ruptured in the southeast Asian country of Myanmar on March 28 — on a fault known for being eerily similar to California’s notorious San Andreas fault.

New York City has seen a pair of earthquakes in the last few days with minimal impact. A recent report finds a bigger earthquake could cause billions in damage to the city but thankfully, it's not ...

On January 1, 2008, at 1:59 am in Calipatria, California, an earthquake happened. You haven’t heard of this earthquake; even if you had been living in Calipatria, you wouldn’t have felt anything. It ...