Along coastal California, the possibility of earthquakes and landslides is commonly prefaced by the phrase, "not if, but when." This precarious reality is now a bit more predictable thanks to ...

Earthquake researchers believed for decades that rock friction within fault lines follows a simple ... with data from experiments on various rock types, including granite, basalt and olivine ...

A recent earthquake in New Jersey displayed unusual seismic activity and shaking patterns, impacting areas much farther than ...

This damage creates a type of rock called cataclastite ... But not all branch faults trigger transform fault earthquakes. Stein and Bird's survey showed that roughly 25 percent to 50 percent ...

A 6.8 magnitude earthquake has shaken eastern Cuba after weeks of hurricanes and blackouts that have left many on the island ...

Similar quakes in the region in the future, a seismologist warned, "could maybe focus energy toward population centers." ...

The discovery of a new fault line may explain the unusually strong and displaced shaking from April’s magnitude 4.8 ...

A key part of the research focused on different types of rock and how their behavior ... In particular, understanding slip behavior in the fault zones at the seafloor could enhance predictions related ...

New York City was rattled harder than some surrounding areas during last April’s northeast earthquake because of a dangerous, newly discovered fault line that sits at a rare angle — and it ...

“In the eastern U.S., New Madrid is the most active, and there is actually one in eastern Canada that is almost as active as New Madrid. We are number 3 in East Tennessee in terms of the frequency of ...