Using data compiled from single earthquakes across the world, Christie Rowe of the Nevada Seismological Laboratory at the University of Nevada, Reno and Alex Hatem of the U.S. Geological Survey sought ...

The Julian earthquake is worth closer examination not for its size or damage (there was very little), but for a demonstration ...

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

About 70% of the earth’s surface is ocean, yet only 5% of the world’s oceans have been explored. One matter overlooked by the ...

Below California's famed beaches, mountains and metropolitan areas lies a sinister web of earthquake faults — some so ...

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

A preliminary 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck near San Diego, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake's epicenter ...

A herd of African elephants instinctively circled their young in a protective huddle as a 5.2 magnitude earthquake near the ...

An earthquake that shook Southern California today was centered near the community of Julian, about 45 miles northeast of San ...