Their whole life, producer Hannah Chinn has known about the Big One: a massive earthquake forecasted to hit the West Coast.

Elastic Rebound Theory This gradual accumulation and release of stress and strain is now referred to as the "elastic rebound ...

A nightmarish scenario for the Pacific Northwest has gotten a dramatic update. Researchers have long warned that a stretch of coast in Oregon and Washington state is capable of producing an incredibly ...

Another 2.3 earthquake shook East Tennessee on July 27, according to the United States Geological Survey. The minor earthquake had an epicenter just east of Knoxville in Mascot, Tennessee. The ...

Another 2.6-magnitude earthquake rattled Tennessee on July 9 around 8:52 p.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey - but you might not even have noticed. The earthquake happened in Greenback, ...

In 1979, the University of Minnesota’s Harold Mooney estimated that Minnesota’s average recurrence rate for a magnitude 4 ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.2 struck 1.8 miles south-southwest of Colma at 5:03 p.m. Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

SAN FRANCISCO – Was that an earthquake you just felt or merely a big truck rumbling by? You don't have to wonder – the U.S. Geological Survey is on the case and can almost immediately tell you whether ...

First there was Haiti, then Chile, Taiwan and Turkey, all struck by a string of earthquakes that have rattled the world in the past few months. In Haiti, more than 200,000 people were killed by a ...

Millions of residents, students and office workers across the state will “drop, cover and hold on” Thursday morning as part of the 17th annual Great California ShakeOut drill aimed at promoting ...