Federal cuts to the U.S. Geological Survey have prompted fears of losing vital information on earthquake activity and ...

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 ...

While not a household name like the San Andreas, the Elsinore fault is part of a larger seismic zone that experts fear and ...

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 ...

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

At the Seismological Society of America's Annual Meeting, researchers posed a seemingly simple question: how wide are faults? Using data compiled from single earthquakes across the world ...

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 ...