A 3.5 magnitude earthquake shook parts of Utah Thursday, the second felt in two weeks. The tremors come as experts remap the ...

Is it possible for a fault line, silent for millennia, to suddenly awaken with catastrophic force? That is the question now ringing out among Canada’s earthquake scientists, in the wake of a shocking ...

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 ...

Two of the biggest fault lines in the world are synched together in a way that could lead to disastrous consequences, according to recent scientific analysis. This synchronization raises alarms about ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The Tintina fault is thought to have been inactive for more than 40 million years, but new research suggests that earthquakes occurred in the zone ...

For this installment of "From the Archives," we answer questions about the Balcones Escarpment and the Balcones Fault ...

Researchers have discovered evidence of “partial synchronization” of two of the world’s most famous fault lines—the northern San Andreas Fault and Cascadia Subduction Zone. The relationship between ...

A study on tectonic plates that converge on the Tibetan Plateau has shown that Earth's fault lines are far weaker and the ...

There's a sleeping fault line that runs along the border between Canada and Alaska. The line has been dormant for millions of years as best scientists can tell. But new research suggests it could be ...