That is the unpredictable nature of earthquake occurrence in this area.” Researchers found the new fault line by looking at seismic activity between the earth’s surface and a geological layer ...

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

According to the United States Geological Survey, a magnitude 3.3 earthquake jolted Lompoc Valley Sunday night.

Analysis by the Columbia Climate School’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory found the quake took place on a previously ...

Researchers wrote that the fault line runs south to north and dips down into the Earth at a 45-degree angle. When the earthquake occurred, the sides of the previously unmapped fault slid against ...

DONIPHAN, Mo. (KAIT) - The U.S. Geological Survey reported a magnitude 2.5 earthquake near the Arkansas-Missouri state line. The quake, which occurred at 7:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 17, was centered ...

Seismologists study earthquakes by looking at the damage that was caused and by using seismometers. A seismometer is an instrument that records the shaking of the Earth's surface caused by seismic ...

One more thing Southern California is known for: earthquakes. Yet for a long time, and to the great relief of millions, the many active faults that claw and tear through the earth have been ...

Check out our full complement of stories from the "When The Earth ... earthquake in Stanley, Idaho, was the biggest earthquake in almost 40 years. New data shows a newly discovered fault line ...

GREENWOOD COUNTY, S.C. — It turns out that a magnitude 2.2 earthquake that rattled a portion of Greenwood County on Thursday was just a preview of what was to come, as eight more earthquakes ...

An earthquake is a surface expression of the underground movement of a fault line. Earthquakes can be described as where the failure of the earth occurred. Mountains occur when tectonic plates are ...