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At the Seismological Society of America's Annual Meeting, researchers posed a seemingly simple question: how wide are faults?

While not a household name like the San Andreas, the Elsinore fault is part of a larger seismic zone that experts fear and believe more people should know about.

Alameda County, Mendocino County, San Bernadino County, and San Mateo County are all featured in the top 10, at fifth, seventh, ninth, and 10th respectively. The largest cities in each respectively ...

In this type of fault, the block of rock above the fault plane, known as the hanging wall, moves downward relative to the block below, called the footwall. Normal faults are typically found at ...

A 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck near San Diego at 10:08 a.m. Monday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The 5.2-magnitude earthquake on Monday shook the ground and nerves in San Diego, but some scientists were already scanning the ocean floor for tremors.

The magnitude 5.2 earthquake that shook most of Southern California on Monday did not result in any reported injuries or damage. But the stronger-than-expected tremor has brought into focus its ...