In this type of fault, the block of rock above the fault plane, known as the hanging wall, moves downward relative to the block below, called the footwall. Normal faults are typically found at ...

Alameda County, Mendocino County, San Bernadino County, and San Mateo County are all featured in the top 10, at fifth, seventh, ninth, and 10th respectively. The largest cities in each respectively ...

At the Seismological Society of America's Annual Meeting, researchers posed a seemingly simple question: how wide are faults?

A swarm of earthquakes rattled along the New Madrid fault line, sparking fear of the “big one” shaking the area known for tremors. Centered in New Madrid, Missouri, the seismic zone “is the most ...

(FOX40.COM) — On Thursday night, three earthquakes were detected near California’s most active fault, the San Andreas Fault, ...

Tariff wars could well no longer be the simple economic skirmishes—they are the new frontlines of geopolitical power play. As ...

Kammerer harvests seaweed offshore for some of his dishes, but most of his produce comes from a small farm that he bought right on the fault line. “It’s all basalt up at Harbor House,” he ...