Something is shifting beneath our feet, and the scientific community is increasingly vocal about it. Across North America and ...

Just 50 miles from downtown Los Angeles, a critical junction where two of California's most powerful fault systems meet has ...

Stress accumulating in the southern San Andreas fault. (Burkhard et. al., J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 2026) It's called ...

What does that mean for earthquake risk?

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 ...

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 ...

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Scientists say the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults are more stressed than at any time in 1,000 years, raising questions ...

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 ...

A newly discovered fault line shows why New York City was hit harder by an April earthquake than its epicenter in New Jersey. This discovery could really shake up the Big Apple. New York City was ...

The Palos Verdes Fault zone, which runs along the coast of Los Angeles and Orange counties, could trigger an earthquake with a magnitude as strong as 7.8, according to a new study released Friday. In ...