The Pacific West Coast has the highest risk levels of tsunamis in the United States. Here’s where they have stuck in Northern ...

Of arguably greater importance, by shrinking the distance between humans and machines railroads enabled monumental surges in ...

A swarm of earthquakes recently struck along the New Madrid fault line in the Midwest, reviving fears among scientists and ...

In the Bay Area over the next 30 years, there is a greater than two in three chance that we will experience above a magnitude ...

The magnitude 7.0 earthquake that rattled a large swath of Northern California likely increased spawning activity in fish to ...

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have described a new method for studying faults that could improve ...

The endangered yet ruthlessly resilient Devils Hole Pupfish that live in Death Valley National Park just had quite a shock.

Scientists have a new method for studying faults that could improve earthquake forecasts, shedding light on where quakes ...

Earthquake data suggest that all or small patches of the inner core's surface may be swelling and contracting.

Last week, about 60 miles off the coast near Ferndale, California, the tectonic plates shifted under the Pacific Ocean, sending seismic waves through the ocean floor that radiated onto land and were ...

The 7.0 earthquake earlier this month led to a tsunami warning that was quickly canceled by forecasters but officials have ...