Most Americans hear "earthquake" and immediately picture California. Crumbling freeways, shaking skyscrapers, Hollywood hills on the slide. That picture is not wrong, exactly, but it is dangerously ...

Drop. Cover. Hold on. That’s the three-part jingle every Californian learns to stay safe in earthquake country. Scientists forecast a more than 99% chance that earthquakes of 6.7 magnitude or larger ...

A devastating earthquake in Myanmar is giving scientists new insight into how major quakes start, spread, and grow. The ...

Northwest Louisiana recently experienced a 4.9 magnitude earthquake, with residents reporting beds shaking and walls vibrating. This quake was much more intense than what's typical in Louisiana, with ...

The Hayward fault, part of the larger San Andreas fault system, runs 74 miles through the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area. The fault is overdue for an earthquake that could cause extensive ...

COLUMBIA — You might have missed it, but the Midlands was hit by yet another earthquake this week. Over the past several years, the Midlands has experienced a higher-than-normal (at least from a human ...

This new three-dimensional (3D) model of resistivity beneath the North Anatolian fault will help earth scientists more accurately identify areas at risk of major earthquakes. A new three-dimensional ...

MISSOURI — When most people think of earthquakes, they think of California fault lines. But the most active earthquake zone east of the Rocky Mountains runs straight through the middle of the country ...