Scientists are raising the alarm about a potential seismic catastrophe on the West Coast of North America. Recent studies ...

A newly identified link between two notorious geologic zones suggests a major earthquake at one site could trigger another ...

A specific type of earthquake that can cause particularly intense shaking is more common than previously believed, some ...

Although Californians are relatively familiar with the San Andreas Fault, the Cascadia Subduction Zone is in many ways more dangerous. That fault, where the Juan de Fuca Plate is subsiding underneath ...

LONG BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- During an earthquake study conference in Long Beach, a local expert said California's infamous San Andreas fault is due for a massive ...

Released in 2015, the movie San Andreas exploded onto screens as a massive disaster spectacle focused on California’s famous San Andreas Fault. Directed by Brad Peyton, the film featured a ...

What could the next mega-earthquake on California's notorious San Andreas fault look like? Would it be a repeat of 1857, when an earthquake estimated at magnitude 7.7 to 7.9 ruptured the fault from ...

When the tectonic subduction zone beneath the Pacific Northwest moves, it does so in dramatic fashion. Not only is ground shaking from a magnitude 9+ earthquake incredibly destructive, the event ...

LOS ANGELES — What could the next mega-earthquake on California’s notorious San Andreas fault look like? Would it be a repeat of 1857, when an earthquake estimated at magnitude 7.7 to 7.9 ruptured the ...

A new report studied a massive earthquake that ruptured in the southeast Asian country of Myanmar on March 28 — on a fault known for being eerily similar to California’s notorious San Andreas fault.