Two of the biggest fault lines in the world are synched together in a way that could lead to disastrous consequences, according to recent scientific analysis. This synchronization raises alarms about ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The San Andreas Fault may be moving faster and more consistently than previously thought, according to new research from San Jose ...

Cajon Pass may allow an earthquake to occur along two fault lines simultaneously. | Credit: Illustration by Julia Wytrazek / Getty Images California is tense, or at least its fault lines are. The ...

A long rupture on the ground extending through infrastructure damage in Kumamoto Prefecture seems to confirm what seismologists had long feared: a major earthquake stemming from the active Hinagu ...

California’s earthquake time bomb may be ticking faster than scientists realized. Just a week after a magnitude 3.9 quake rattled Oakland’s Hayward Fault, researchers at San Jose State University have ...