Most people picture earthquakes as a West Coast problem. California shakes regularly, the news covers it, and residents there have grown accustomed to a certain background level of geological anxiety.

Large earthquakes have been common along the Alaska-Aleutian subduction zone, except at the Shumagin Gap. Yinchu Li Not all earthquake faults behave the same. Some stick and snap, causing earthquakes.

A new study of the Seattle Fault Zone is revealing records of smaller, hidden earthquakes that could inform future hazard ...

The work, by researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey, the University of California, Davis and the University of Colorado Boulder, is published in Science. "If we don't understand the underlying ...

Earthquake faults deep in Earth can glue themselves back together following a seismic event, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of California, Davis. The work, published in ...

Most homeowners never think about tectonic plates until the ground actually moves. Yet plenty of quiet clues can hint that a ...

Earthquakes threaten homes across the country, but especially on the West Coast along the San Andreas fault line. Major earthquakes can destroy houses, but even small earthquakes can crack foundations ...