In a recent Science study, researchers used 15 kilometers of telecom fiber near Mendocino, Calif., to record the region’s ...

Deadly and destructive, earthquakes remain unpredictable, but faster models that look beneath the ground, can help better ...

An emergency alert warning people in the Bay Area that an estimated 5.7 magnitude earthquake was imminent lit up phones Wednesday morning, but the actual temblor turned out to be a magnitude 4.2. Dr.

The United States Geological Survey quickly deleted the alert, saying it had been sent in error. “This isn’t a good look,” ...

An earthquake just occurred near Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (U.S.G.S.) and it was felt in many nearby and neighboring states like New York and Pennsylvania ...

Hours after a 4.2 earthquake rattled most of Southern California on Friday, the second such quake in a week's span, state officials are urging residents to be prepared in the event of a massive ...

The University of California, San Diego, has the largest outdoor shake table, or earthquake simulator, in the world - the only one capable of testing a 10-story building. The shake table can support ...