Geologists from Heriot-Watt are part of an international research team that has confirmed why the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake off ...

Northern California’s coast keeps you on alert, even on quiet days. Offshore, three tectonic plates meet near Humboldt County ...

Seismic tremors reveal a shallow fragment of ancient tectonic plate beneath Northern California, helping explain damaging ...

When the biggest earthquake in more than a decade rattled Russia’s remote Kamchatka Peninsula in July, seismologists around the world knew within moments. For earthquakes big or small, sensors around ...

The United States has a habit of showcasing its geology. Long before cities and highways showed up, forces beneath the ...

MAGNA, Utah — It has been three years since a 5.7-magnitude earthquake rocked much of northern Utah. Then last summer, the Utah Geological Survey dug a long trench to study two faults on the west side ...

Over the last few days, the Coachella Valley has experienced more than 20 earthquakes, causing concern among some residents.

Researchers say ubiquitous evidence for ongoing geological carbon sequestration in mantle rocks in the creeping sections of the San Andreas Fault is one underlying cause of aseismic creep along a ...

An earthquake along the southern Whidbey Island fault reshaped the land some 2,700 years ago. Another big one is expected, and it could be devastating. This is the first of three stories about a ...

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Two active fault lines appear to connect under downtown Salt Lake City, according to a newly published geological study. Scientists believe they have the potential to cause more ...