Earthquakes occur along fault lines between continental plates, where one plate is diving beneath another. Pressure builds between each plate, called fault stress. When this stress builds enough to ...

A series of minor earthquakes has been shaking the Pacific Northwest, with the latest tremors felt in Auburn, Bremerton and ...

Believed to be triggered by a millions-year-old geological fault, Townsville experienced its largest earthquake in recorded ...

California has been rocked by at least nine earthquakes since Thursday, raising fears that the "Big One" could be near.

Support from the National Science Foundation helps civil engineers like Ben Schafer improve building codes and develop more ...

Earthquakes are common along the red lines that are the plate boundaries ... “That creates a lot of stress on this big slab of rock under us.” Occasionally, the rock releases small bits ...

Seismologists are closely monitoring California's fault lines as concerns ... according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Three earthquakes were also recorded 1 mile from Hayward ...

Believed to be triggered by a millions-year-old geological fault, Townsville experienced its largest earthquake in recorded ... on this big slab of rock under us.” Occasionally, the rock ...