There is a difference between faults and fault lines. The USGS explains a fault is a three-dimensional surface within the planet that might go up to the surface or may be complete

A record-breaking deep earthquake registered in May 2015 offshore of Japan likely was not a tectonic event but triggered by a mineralogical shift in Earth’s mantle.

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook buildings in Taiwan on Thursday morning, as a series of temblors hit the island, causing little damage but possibly portending more seismic activity in the near future.

YORK HARBOR, Maine - Another earthquake has been recorded off the coast of Maine, two days after a larger quake shook Boston, New Hampshire and Rhode Island. The magnitude 2.0 earthquake was detected at 3:15 a.

BOSTON - An earthquake felt in Boston, Massachusetts on Monday was centered off York Harbor, Maine according to the United States Geological Survey. It was also felt in New Hampshire and Rhode Island,

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake was measured near Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park on Tuesday evening. It's the largest earthquake in the

Experts say that while it has been quiet after Monday's quake, the risk of one or more aftershocks is not out of the question.

Another earthquake of a relatively minor 2.0 magnitud e was recorded overnight in approximately the same spot as Monday’s 3.8-magnitude quake off the coast of Maine, according to the United State Geological Survey.

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has confirmed the earthquake happened Wednesday night in Karnes County.

An earthquake centered off the coast of New England Monday morning was felt in the Boston area, Maine and Pennsylvania.

In a update on Australia's high-risk earthquake zones, one of the two areas includes Victoria's Latrobe Valley, flagged as the site of a potential nuclear reactor by the Coalition. Geoscience Australia this month released its National Seismic Hazard Assessment,