Earthquake swarms are clusters of small quakes caused by complex fault systems and underground stress, and scientists say ...

An earthquake caused by a fault that offsets features on the Earth's surface may have an epicenter that does not lie on the trace of that fault on the surface. This occurs if the fault plane is not ...

The quake struck at 10:44 a.m.Thursday. The shaking reached as far as the San Francisco Bay Area, nearly 270 miles away. People there said they felt both the initial quake and several waves of ...

Everyone knows earthquakes like the recent magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Morocco can cause significant damage to infrastructure, homes and the environment. But the immediate, often visible devastation ...

Belief in “earthquake weather" is common, especially in California, but scientists are clear that there is no such thing.

People living in California will get more timely and accurate alerts about mega earthquakes with a new upgrade to the state's early warning system. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and EarthScope ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Following Monday’s 3.8 magnitude earthquake in West Seneca, University at Buffalo professor and structural engineer Dr. Michel Bruneau answered questions regarding the event and ...