Earthquakes occur along fault lines between continental plates, where one plate is diving beneath another. Pressure builds between each plate, called fault stress. When this stress builds enough to ...

Multiple tremors were recorded by the USGS over the past week, including one which struck as the Oscars ceremony was underway.

BOSTON - An earthquake felt in Boston ... "We don't sit on any active fault lines," WBZ-TV executive weather producer Terry Eliasen said. "But again for our area [it] is really significant." ...

MyNorthwest related: Yet another earthquake, this one near Fall City Earthquake fault lines crisscross the region Tobin noted numerous fault lines, including the Seattle Fault, the Southern ...