California's earthquakes are far more likely to be "overdue" compared with earthquakes in the rest of the world.

Scientists have built a lab model that visually tracks how microscopic contact points between fault surfaces evolve during ...

Researchers have developed a laboratory earthquake model that connects the microscopic real contact area between fault ...

Researchers have developed a laboratory earthquake model that connects the real contact area between fault surfaces to the ...

New Madrid, Missouri, was terrorized by its fault line in the early 19th century, and earthquakes are still the region's ...

A near-certain disaster looms for California, but there are real things people can do to prepare. Here's what to know about the risks.

A 3.4-magnitude earthquake hit off the Southern California coast, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The 7-mile deep quake ...

According to a recent studypublished in JGR Solid Earth, nearly half of California’s fault lines—including the infamous San ...

Unlike other earthquake-prone places around the planet, California is overdue for a major quake, according to a recent study.

With the 35th anniversary of the devastating Loma Prieta Earthquake on October 17, the California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) is rolling out measures including a first-in-the-nation ...

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