Michigan occupies a quiet corner of the North American craton, a geologically stable area that has remained relatively calm ...

Seismic tremors reveal a shallow fragment of ancient tectonic plate beneath Northern California, helping explain damaging ...

Thirty-two years later, the 1994 Northridge earthquake remains one of the most defining moments in the history of the Valley, ...

The US Geological Survey recorded the first quake near Holtville at 1:40am PT on Wednesday, with the most recent detected on Thursday morning. Hundreds of California residents have issued reports of ...

A small town in California was hit by earthquakes once every 22 years for over a century, setting the stage for a major seismic experiment in the 1980s and 90s. But the quake ended up being 11 years ...

A 4.2-magnitude earthquake has struck near Cloverdale in central California, shaking nearby Santa Rosa, too, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The epicenter was around 7.4 miles northeast of ...

On Jan. 26, 2001, a magnitude-7.9 earthquake struck western India, killing more than 20,000 people, injuring tens of ...

Marine turbidites are layers of mud and sand deposited on the deep ocean floor by massive underwater landslides and are often ...

Scientists warn that the Cascadia Subduction Zone is capable of unleashing a massive 9.2 earthquake and tsunami that could cripple the Pacific Northwest. This video explains why the region is ...

Sometimes to truly study something up close, you have to take a step back. That's what Andrea Donnellan does. An expert in Earth sciences and seismology, she gets much of her data from a bird's-eye ...

Excitement is building on the West Coast as soccer superstar Lionel Messi and his Inter Miami squad is set to face the San ...