Tectonic stresses have been building, and building, and building. The post California Primed for Apocalyptic Earthquake, ...

Scientists have confirmed that a mysterious Utah earthquake first detected in 1979 really did occur nearly 90 kilometers ...

Earthquakes usually occur along fracture zones in Earth's crust, where large tectonic plates slide past one another and ...

Deep beneath the Pacific, one undersea fault has produced nearly identical magnitude 6 earthquakes every few years for decades. Researchers now think strange, water-soaked barrier zones inside the ...

The quake that struck Alaska’s southern coast on Wednesday, July 16 is part of a larger sequence that may continue to unfold in destructive ways. Reading time 3 minutes A powerful offshore earthquake ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the history of science and exploration. This week’s massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake in eastern Russia, which triggered ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Dozens of small earthquakes have shaken the San Francisco Bay Area over the last month, rattling nerves and ...

Two earthquakes struck off the Oregon coast on Tuesday, rattling communities along the Pacific Northwest shoreline. The first temblor registered a magnitude of 5.4 and occurred about 100 miles west of ...