The earthquake that just shook the East Coast was caused by one of dozens of ancient fault lines that have lain ... the ...

A University of Michigan study looking at a small region in Japan has shown that the properties of fault zone rocks really matter for the generation of earthquakes.

South Carolina has high seismic activity despite not being on a plate boundary. Scientists still don't know the answer for ...

Support from the National Science Foundation helps civil engineers like Ben Schafer improve building codes and develop more ...

In 1995, a notable earthquake shook the Northeast ... Broke the SNL Cast 16 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About America’s Wild Bobcats NASA's about to fly its powerful X-plane.

Earthquakes occur along fault lines between continental plates, where one plate is diving beneath another. Pressure builds between each ...

In addition, eighty-one "check" valves were installed on uphill sections of the line to prevent oil ... were added in the Denali Fault area to anticipate earthquake movement.

They may naturally follow fault lines that have carved ... both to understand earthquake lights and to identify shallow active faults in eastern North America.' ...

He said: "Washington has, second only to California, the greatest risk from earthquakes in the country," during an interview with KIRO7. Washington is home to dozens of active faults and fault ...

The temblor followed three earlier small earthquakes — a magnitude 2.7 that struck near the Hayward fault at 5:03 a.m., followed by a magnitude 3.3 at 11:52 a.m., then a 3.2 at 11:54 a.m. The ...