In the Pacific Northwest, big faults like the Cascadian subduction zone located offshore, get a lot of attention. But big ...

It was a groundbreaking discovery. Scientists have found previously concealed fault lines along California’s north coast, sparking concerns that we could be drastically underestimating the earthquake ...

A newly discovered fault complexity beneath America's most active earthquake zone raises the possibility that a major seismic ...

New research suggests Hawaii’s volcanoes are fueled by a deep mantle plume that splits, drawing from different Earths.

Tiny earthquakes reveal hidden fault structures beneath Northern California, reshaping understanding of regional earthquake ...

Seismologists Discover Hidden Faults Beneath One of the U.S.'s Biggest Earthquake Hotspots ...

Off the rugged north coast of California, one of the most seismically volatile corners of the United States is yielding a new ...

Life in paradise can be hard. Paradise is a Greek word of Persian origin made famous by the Jewish bible: it comes from a mix of very different cultures. The word means a walled garden. The garden ...

Earth's surface is covered by more than a dozen tectonic plates, and in subduction zones around the world—including the ...

Insured damage estimates for quakes in Vancouver and Montreal could be much higher than industry estimates suggest.

An earthquake-generating chunk of tectonic plate has been discovered beneath Northern California. It’s attached to the bottom of the North American plate like gum stuck to a shoe. Using abundant, tiny ...