New geological models and updated hazard assessments from the U.S. Geological Survey and leading universities are once again ...

A 7.0 or greater magnitude earthquake on the Rodgers Creek Fault that runs beneath Santa Rosa would unleash widespread ...

Unlike the San Andreas Fault — one of the most heavily studied faults in the world — scientists know comparatively little ...

SEATTLE — Washington appears to have escaped any major impacts from the tsunami that followed Tuesday's massive earthquake off Russia's eastern coast, though the aftershocks continue. Tsunami alerts ...

In earthquake country, the meandering paths of quake faults easily get seared into memory in the same way as a California freeway map. An earthquake fault is a fracture in the ground between two ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. In Yellowstone National Park, earthquakes are an everyday occurrence whether humans feel them or ...

An urgent Tsunami warning has been issued for Hawaii following a major 8.7 magnitude earthquake that struck just east of Petropavlovsk, Russia. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said that the ...

Lake Turkana in northern Kenya is often called the cradle of humankind. Home to some of the earliest hominids, its fossil-rich basin has helped scientists piece together the story of human evolution.