New research led by the University of Victoria (UVic) has illuminated a significant and previously unrecognized source of ...

A fault line that could unleash a major earthquake is not where scientists thought it was. New research found the Concord Fault is about a quarter mile west of where it was originally mapped.

Scientists discover enormous pockets of salty brine beneath the Pacific Ocean, key to understanding periodic underwater ...

Carl Tape's midsummer trek through ghost towns and newspaper clippings brings new insights to an earthquake nearly erased by time.

Calling it an exercise in imagination, seismologist Carl Tape stopped at the site of Dome City and the former townsite of ...

Imagine waking up one morning and finding the ocean rushing toward your neighborhood. According to scientists, that ...

The number and size of Texas quakes increased dramatically around 2010 when well injection became the common disposal method.

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho Central Mountains had numerous earthquakes occur Friday, all in connection to the ongoing earthquake swarm in the area. Several of Friday’s quakes registered above ...

First, seismologists and earthquake engineers at the U.S. Geological Survey, or USGS, produce the National Seismic Hazard Model. These maps, based on research into earthquake sources such as faults ...

As of Sunday afternoon, 162 aftershocks magnitude 3 or higher have shaken Alaska since Friday's 7.0 earthquake.

Map provided by the Alaska Earthquake Center/University of Alaska Fairbanks Seismic events that struck Alaska and neighboring areas in 2024 are shown in this map.