While most people immediately think of the San Andreas Fault when it comes to potential seismic disasters in the United States, there’s another fault line that has recently been gaining more attention ...

The fault has moved the curbs as much as a handspan, around 18 centimeters, since the time they were installed, up to 60 ...

As the name suggests, a branch fault is a minor fault that branches off from a major fault. In the US, the 2002 magnitude 7.9 Denali earthquake that struck Alaska originated on a branch fault.

A new paper in the journal Nature offers an explanation for why the major fault line is overdue for the Big One. By Thomas Fuller It has been about three centuries since the last great earthquake ...

A full fault rupture, estimated to be around a 7.5 magnitude, could kill between 3,000 and 18,000 people, according to US Geological Survey and Southern California Earthquake Center.

Today’s United States — its possibility, its strength, its divisiveness, its polarization and fragmentation — is encapsulated in a single week in June 2025, its triumphs and frictions on vivid display ...

A newly found fault line with a rare slanted angle shows why an earthquake rattled New York City in April harder than its epicenter in New Jersey — and may be bigger seismic activity threat than ...