Some large earthquakes may flip direction and “boomerang” back, striking the same area twice and reshaping damage patterns.

In a world-first use of medical imaging technology, scientists have revealed the earthquake-generating potential of faults in ...

BANGKOK: Earthquakes in Surat Thani are caused by two active fault lines that are still moving—Ranong Fault and Klong Marui Fault.

In the Pacific Northwest, big faults like the Cascadian subduction zone located offshore, get a lot of attention. But big faults aren't the only ones that pose significant hazards, and a new study ...

Shrinking lakes across the Tibetan Plateau may be doing more than altering the region’s hydrology. New research suggests that the slow disappearance of massive water bodies over tens of thousands of ...

At the Cascadia subduction zone in the Pacific Northwest, one tectonic plate is moving underneath another. New experimental work at UC Davis shows how rocks on faults deep in the Earth can cement ...

Geology, characterized as the study of the Earth, its layers, and its minerals, has shaped the Imperial Valley for millions ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Danville, seen here in 2023, is near the northern end of the Calaveras Fault, which caused Sunday's swarm of small earthquakes.

Scientists studying Kīlauea found that a major 2018 earthquake may have paused slow fault slip for nearly 60 years beneath the volcano.