Maryland has been rattled by an unexpected earthquake within an ancient fault zone along the US East Coast. The magnitude 2.5 quake struck at 5.17pm ET on Monday, roughly 16 miles southwest of ...

Scientists made chilling new discoveries about the link between two major fault lines which mean the devastation on the West Coast could be twice as big.

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, in the San Jacinto area of Riverside County.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A smoky sunset as seen from the San Andreas fault on Pallet Creek Road in Juniper Hills on Sept. 20, 2020. (Myung J. Chun / Los ...

Loma Prieta, also known as the World Series earthquake, remains one of the most significant disasters to strike the region in ...

Scientists discovered that deep earthquake faults can heal far faster than expected, sometimes within hours. Slow slip events in Cascadia reveal repeated fault movements that only make sense if the ...

Dramatic CCTV video of fault slip during a large earthquake in Myanmar thrilled both scientists and casual observers when it was posted to YouTube. But it was on his fifth or sixth viewing, said ...

An earthquake typically sets off ruptures that ripple out from its underground origins. But on rare occasions, seismologists have observed quakes that reverse course, further shaking up areas that ...

1. Garage: Strap water heater to wall. If water heater falls during quake, it could cause a fire or you could lose an ...

Small earthquakes near North Korea's nuclear test site began weeks after the last blast in 2017 and grew more frequent for ...