At the Seismological Society of America's Annual Meeting, researchers posed a seemingly simple question: how wide are faults?

Thursday’s earthquake was recorded at 1:16 a.m. in the area near Elgin in Kershaw County, the South Carolina Emergency ...

Fault zones are often wide, branching networks rather than narrow lines, requiring a shift to 3D models for better earthquake ...

Using data compiled from single earthquakes across the world, Christie Rowe of the Nevada Seismological Laboratory at the University of Nevada, Reno and Alex Hatem of the U.S. Geological Survey sought ...

Federal cuts to the U.S. Geological Survey have prompted fears of losing vital information on earthquake activity and ...

The Julian earthquake is worth closer examination not for its size or damage (there was very little), but for a demonstration ...

Scientists say the size of earthquake faults may have been previously underestimated, extending potentially dangerous ...

We don’t know precisely when these faults will erupt, resulting in a damaging quake. “I don’t know” doesn’t mean you’re powerless. When the next destructive earthquake hits California ...

Scientists found new evidence that Earth’s crust is peeling underneath the Sierra Nevada in California. The process might be how the continents formed, they say.