A new study of California's earthquakes say that building pressure underneath two major fault lines converging at Cajon Pass may cause a huge quake if set off ...

Two earthquakes rocked California in back-to-back days as fears about two major fault lines have been “real and growing.” A ...

Something is shifting beneath our feet, and the scientific community is increasingly vocal about it. Across North America and beyond, seismologists have been raising alarms about fault systems that ...

Scientists say the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults are more stressed than at any time in 1,000 years, raising questions about future California quakes.

While analyzing strong-motion data close to fault lines, a group of researchers at Kyoto University noticed something unexpected: a negative phase in the waveforms, a pattern that did not conform to ...

Earthquake researchers believed for decades that rock friction within fault lines follows a simple relationship with temperature. However, a new study published by the Proceedings of the National ...

A group of fault lines sit underground near Van Horn, Texas, dating up to 1.6 million years old, according to a map published by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) While the fault lines might have been ...

What does that mean for earthquake risk?

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Earthquakes triggered by the notorious San Andreas Fault in California ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A brand new 45-mile fault line has been discovered stretching along ...

This article is part of Shaky Ground, a collaborative reporting project between the Carlsbad Current-Argus and KRWG Public Media. A group of fault lines sit underground near Van Horn, Texas, dating up ...