California sits on an active plate boundary where the Pacific and North American plates grind past each other, producing ...

The Tintina, a major geologic fault that extends 1,000 km northwestward across much of the Yukon Territory, was thought to have been inactive for at least 40 million years, but new research led by a ...

A study in Türkiye confirms that earthquakes release CO2 from cracked rock, and the escaping gas may even sustain the fault ...

A major Hayward fault quake could shake some Bay Area communities harder than expected because of the ground beneath them, ...

A fault line running alongside the Hunua Ranges in South Auckland is now identified as active and has the potential to cause a major earthquake with serious consequences, University of Auckland ...

PORTLAND - Geologists think Mount Hood is sitting on shakey ground. The Oregonian first reported that scientists have discovered a previously undetected - and active fault zone on the mountain.

This is the first of three stories about a little-known geologic fault that could trigger a major earthquake in Snohomish and Island counties. EVERETT — At a downtown coffee shop, the mugs begin to ...

Deep below the Tyrrhenian Sea offshore Italy, scientists drilled into what they thought would be dark mantle rock—and found ...