SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — California is no stranger to earthquakes, but the risk of earthquakes hitting San Diego County specifically lies on the fact that it rests on multiple active faults. There are ...

Two fault systems on North America's West Coast – the Cascadia subduction zone and the San Andreas fault – may be synchronized, with earthquakes on one fault potentially triggering seismic events on ...

Imagine a scenario where the Pacific Northwest gets pummeled by a magnitude nine earthquake, only to have California's most ...

A pair of moderate earthquakes that shook Northern California on Thursday and Friday happened near a region known as the Almanor Fault Zone, marking the two strongest temblors in almost a decade for a ...

The Seattle fault zone is a network of shallow faults slicing through the lowlands of Puget Sound, threatening to create damaging earthquakes for the more than four million people who live there. A ...

The field of geodynamics encompasses the study of the physical processes that govern the evolution of the Earth’s lithosphere, with a particular emphasis on tectonic motions and deformation patterns.

The geometric structure of rocks where earthquakes occur could play a key role in determining their location and strength, researchers have found. A study, carried out by geologists at Brown ...

For this installment of "From the Archives," we answer questions about the Balcones Escarpment and the Balcones Fault ...

CITYWIDE — There's been a lot of rumblings about fault lines in Santa Monica recently. The Los Angeles Times identified four Santa Monica buildings that may sit on top of a fault. City officials ...