Los Angeles could be edging closer to “the big one,” with new research finding earthquake stress has reached its highest ...

A new study suggests Southern California's major fault system is more stressed than at any point in the last 1,000 years. Researchers found that the Cajon Pass, where the San Andreas and San Jacinto ...

A research group led by Satoshi Ide from the University of Tokyo has demonstrated that classic earthquake generation theory ...

According to experts, large earthquakes frequently occur around the world each year because multiple tectonic plate ...

Not all earthquake faults behave the same. Some stick and snap, causing earthquakes. Others move slowly over time. For years, the leading explanation for slow-moving faults has been that high-pressure ...

A mysterious underwater fault near Ecuador has been producing nearly identical magnitude 6 earthquakes every five to six years, baffling scientists for decades. Researchers now believe the fault ...

An earthquake swarm has struck Nevada in the same location where the earth has been slowly breaking apart has unleashed hundreds of tremors for several weeks. Since Sunday, the US Geological Survey ...

Large earthquakes have been common along the Alaska-Aleutian subduction zone, except at the Shumagin Gap. Yinchu Li Not all earthquake faults behave the same. Some stick and snap, causing earthquakes.