THIS jaw-dropping moment is the first time ever that a rupture in the Earth’s crust caused by an earthquake was caught on ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Fault lines are fractures or breaks in the Earth's crust where tectonic plates move past each other, often resulting in earthquakes. These geological features are classified into ...

More simply put, it’s a fracture in the Earth’s crust where blocks of rock have moved relative to each other due to tectonic forces. Geological faults can be as small as a coin or kilometers ...

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory could ‘revolutionize’ earthquake monitoring and provide researchers the ability to ...

Coastal communities from northern California to British Columbia live atop the Cascadia Subduction Zone, which spans about ...

More than 1.1 billion years ago, an immense geological fault called the Midcontinent Rift began to form beneath what is now ...

The mechanics of slip on faults in the Earth's crust are still unclear. Field observations from New Zealand show that movement can occur where — according to conventional assumptions of fault ...

offering insights into a distant future of possible volcanic activity A new study suggests the seismic energy traveled outward from a previously unmapped fault, emanating from the hypocenter in ...

In this area, the Earth's crust is gradually being pulled apart ... Valmy sits within a region of active fault lines, including the Fairview Peak-Dixie Valley Fault Scarps and the Central Nevada ...

Scientists have mapped one of the most hazardous spots on the globe in unprecedented detail: a 600-mile geologic boundary just off the Pacific Northwest coast. Along this fraught stretch, called ...