Research emerging from China points to structural vulnerabilities and geological threats which make foundation-bearing ...

Los Angeles could be edging closer to “the big one,” with new research finding earthquake stress has reached its highest ...

Construction began last year on what is described as the world's largest hydropower project, designed to generate around 300 ...

Scientists used to think so-called “slow slip events” were “theoretically impossible.” Now these subtle tectonic shifts could ...

A Chinese geology team has identified an active fault line directly beneath the major hydropower project under construction ...

While analyzing strong-motion data close to fault lines, a group of researchers at Kyoto University noticed something unexpected: a negative phase in the waveforms, a pattern that did not conform to ...

Los Angeles could see a major earthquake ...

Earthquake researchers believed for decades that rock friction within fault lines follows a simple relationship with temperature. However, a new study published by the Proceedings of the National ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - The United States' most volatile fault line is overdue for an earthquake, and if one occurs, it could be catastrophic for one of California's most populated regions. The San ...

What does that mean for earthquake risk?

Hurricanes are still the biggest threat to Florida, but earthquakes do occur. Could a quake like the one that rocked ...