A magnitude-5.7 quake off Oregon led a cluster of tremors that renewed attention on one of North America's most dangerous fault systems.

The magnitude 7.8 earthquake that hit the Philippines happened at a subduction zone. Such places are capable of producing the largest earthquakes possible ...

The country was hit hard by a pair of quakes that happened in quick succession and were likely driven by stress being ...

It’s not a matter of if, but when. The big one, so to speak, is coming. And according to recent study from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, there’s a 15% chance of a rupture in the ...

Earthquakes and California go together in most people's minds like wildfires and dry summers. The association is ...

In 1954, a powerful earthquake shook Northern California near Humboldt Bay, baffling scientists for decades. Most quakes in the region come from the Gorda Plate, but this one didn’t fit the pattern.

A team of geoscientists has identified a subtle but powerful force driving mountain building and compression of Earth's crust in Japan and neighboring regions. The so-called same-dip double subduction ...

When the Pacific Ocean carried the effects of a powerful earthquake away from Russia’s far eastern coast in late July, most ...