The quakes come as California sees the effects of an atmospheric river that has caused flash flooding, rescues, and ...

Groundbreaking Discovery in Offshore Sediment Cores Two fault systems on North America's West Coast – the Cascadia subduction ...

For more than a month, the Bay Area has been subjected to a seemingly ceaseless stampede of earthquakes, rattling windows and ...

Earthquakes account for some of the costliest natural disasters in history. They can literally reshape the planet. But how powerful can they get? That's a question humans have only recently been able ...

The public could have days or months of warning about a major earthquake through identification of prior low-level tectonic unrest over large areas, according to research by scientists who analyzed ...

The Eastern seaboard has been home to several big shakers. Aug. 24, 2011— -- intro: Tuesday's earthquake, felt by residents all along the East Coast, may not have resulted in destruction, but ...

On Monday morning, around 30 minor earthquakes erupted in a swarm near the Geysers geothermal field south of Clear Lake. The day before, seven quakes rattled Sonoma County, including a 4.0 quake. The ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the history of science and exploration. This week’s massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake in eastern Russia, which triggered ...

New research from seismologist Alice Gabriel of UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography suggests that the physics governing the behavior of small and large earthquakes are distinct from one ...