One of the United States’ most active fault systems poses a significant earthquake hazard, and a major event could have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ST. LOUIS – Earlier in the month, Missouri and nearby states saw a string of small earthquakes triggered along the New Madrid ...

This has scientists quaking in their boots. Researchers have found that one of the US’s most dangerous fault lines is overdue ...

NAPA, Calif. (KGO) -- Bigger and stronger than first thought. Scientists uncover new findings about the fault line that caused the 6.0 earthquake in Napa nearly a decade ago. The earthquake in 2014 ...

“There’s nothing that’s happened over the past four or five years on this," a city project manager said of the site near San ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A new study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, however, tells a different story. The research team—led by experts from the ...

A group of fault lines sit underground near Van Horn, Texas, dating up to 1.6 million years old, according to a map published by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) While the fault lines might have been ...

The Palos Verdes Fault zone, which runs along the coast of Los Angeles and Orange counties, could trigger an earthquake with a magnitude as strong as 7.8, according to a new study released Friday. In ...

There's a sleeping fault line that runs along the border between Canada and Alaska. The line has been dormant for millions of years as best scientists can tell. But new research suggests it could be ...

A 5.1 magnitude earthquake centered near San Jose on Tuesday occurred along the Calaveras Fault, not the most active fault in the Bay Area. It was the strongest quake along that fault line since a 5.4 ...

ST. LOUIS – Earlier in the month, Missouri and nearby states saw a string of small earthquakes triggered along the New Madrid fault line. It raises the question many have had: Will the New Madrid ...