Using data compiled from single earthquakes across the world, Christie Rowe of the Nevada Seismological Laboratory at the University of Nevada, Reno and Alex Hatem of the U.S. Geological Survey sought ...

At the Seismological Society of America's Annual Meeting, researchers posed a seemingly simple question: how wide are faults?

Sediment cores drawn from four lakes in Guatemala record the distinct direction that ground shaking traveled during a 1976 ...

open image in gallery People stand near a collapsed building after a strong earthquake struck central Myanmar on Friday, (REUTERS) As rescuers continue working to save people trapped under the ...

If passed, the screenings would impact owners of two types of buildings in San Francisco, which could need retrofit upgrades to become earthquake safe.

For years, San Francisco has been compiling a preliminary list of nearly 4,000 concrete buildings at risk of collapsing in a major earthquake. But the list likely has major errors — and now the city ...

On April 13, 1949, a massive 6.7 magnitude earthquake rattled western Washington. Eight people were killed, and numerous ...