The ground beneath your feet is rarely as still as it seems. The United States sits atop a restless tectonic landscape, and ...

Scientists say the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults are more stressed than at any time in 1,000 years, raising questions ...

New research finds the San Andreas and San Jacinto fault systems are in a “critically loaded” state, with stress levels that ...

Tectonic stresses have been building, and building, and building. The post California Primed for Apocalyptic Earthquake, ...

A major Hayward fault quake could shake some Bay Area communities harder than expected because of the ground beneath them, new federal simulations show.

This has scientists quaking in their boots. Researchers have found that one of the US’ most dangerous fault lines is overdue for an earthquake, potentially threatening millions of people across ...

A huge earthquake fault line has been found underneath Auckland, New Zealand's largest city. The fault line, just south of ...

Cajon Pass, where the two faults meet near Los Angeles, parts of the Inland Empire, and the Coachella Valley, emerged as a ...

A fault line running alongside the Hunua Ranges in South Auckland is now identified as active and has the potential to cause a major earthquake with serious consequences, University of Auckland ...

The Mangatangi Fault, named after a nearby river of the same name, was discovered by geologists from the University of ...