First quakes are the most dangerous: Once a healed fault ruptures for the first time, it cannot generate another major ...

Flooding during a Cascadia region earthquake would alter the topography and ecosystems of the coastal region for years to ...

In 2023, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake killed more than 53,000 people in Turkey and destroyed or damaged hundreds of thousands of buildings in 11 southern and southeastern provinces. Another 6,000 people ...

Samples from the seafloor reveal evidence of several earthquakes along the West Coast’s two major fault zones happening in ...

A small earthquake was reported in Talladega County on Friday morning. The U.S. Geological Survey has released details on the tremor's magnitude and location.

They are two of the West Coast's most destructive generators of huge earthquakes: the San Andreas fault in California and the Cascadia subduction zone offshore of California's North Coast, Oregon, ...

The earthquake that struck close to Mexicali, Mexico, on April 4 rattled airports in Southern California, causing control tower evacuations and a few surveillance equipment problems. The evacuations ...

The death toll from a major earthquake that rocked eastern Afghanistan on Sunday night has climbed to at least 1,411, the ruling Taliban's chief spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said Tuesday, as rescue ...

There's an 85% chance that a damaging earthquake could hit Seattle in the next 50 years. Old brick buildings are most at risk, but retrofitting them could mean a loss of affordable housing.