A string of earthquakes has hit Washington in recent weeks. Are they connected, and do they tell us anything about the odds ...

Reports for three school districts in southeast Missouri indicate most school buildings aren't earthquake-resistant. Some ...

Disasters can strike at any moment. So, what happens when you know a disaster is coming, but you can’t say precisely when it ...

“There are several fault lines that pass under Seattle, and of course, then we have the Cascadia Subduction Zone out along ...

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 ...

An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.1 rattled the Los Angeles area early Sunday afternoon. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake struck at 1:03 p.m. The epicenter was 11 ...

The 3.9 magnitude earthquake hit at 4:18 p.m. on the Olympic Peninsula, according to the United States Geological Survey.

This earthquake is larger than much of the recent seismic activity around western Washington, per initial reports.

"Our study provides a way for us to find those spots ... which is relevant to earthquake generation in all subduction zones that host earthquakes in localized spots." This foliation gives the ...