David Zentz / Aurora Select One of Lucy Jones’ first memories is of an earthquake ... unknown fault. There would be landslides and liquefaction and massive damage to roads, rail lines, water ...

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 ...

California is no stranger to earthquakes, but the risk of earthquakes hitting San Diego County specifically lies on the fact ...

Based on evidence collected in the aftermath of the recent Myanmar earthquake, countries and large metropolitan areas, such as Bangkok and Hanoi, may not be located on fault lines, yet they are ...

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 ...

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.