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

A doomsday tsunami is likely to strike the US in the near future, but scientists say it's better if it hits sooner rather ...

Hundreds of earthquakes have been detected at Mount Rainier so far Tuesday morning in the largest such swarm at the active stratovolcano since 2009, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Mount Rainier on Tuesday experienced its largest seismic activity since 2009, with a swarm of small earthquakes detected.

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

At times, the earthquakes occurred every few minutes. The largest reached a 5.3 -magnitude. But University of Oregon ...

A dozen earthquakes were detected in a US town that sits on top of a fault line capable of unleashing a powerful and devastating quake.

Imagine two huge puzzle pieces of the Earth’s outer shell slowly pushing against each other under the ocean. One piece is sliding underneath the other – this is called a subduction zone, and the ...

Scientists are warning that a 1,000-foot-tall “ mega tsunami ” could potentially wipe a large chunk of America off the map – if a strong enough earthquake hits a specific active fault line ...

A powerful underwater volcano known as Axial Seamount off the Oregon coast may erupt. Though scientists say it poses no tsunami risk, its proximity to the Cascadia subduction zone raises concern.