SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — California is no stranger to earthquakes, but the risk of earthquakes hitting San Diego County specifically lies on the fact that it rests on multiple active faults. There are ...

A pair of moderate earthquakes that shook Northern California on Thursday and Friday happened near a region known as the Almanor Fault Zone, marking the two strongest temblors in almost a decade for a ...

The ground beneath the United States is never truly still. S. could experience potentially damaging earthquakes and intense ...

Tiny tremors and temblors recently discovered in fault zones from California to Japan are generated by slow-moving earthquakes that may foreshadow catastrophic seismic events, according to scientists ...

Most Americans hear "earthquake" and immediately picture California. Crumbling freeways, shaking skyscrapers, Hollywood hills on the slide. That picture is not wrong, exactly, but it is dangerously ...

The geometric structure of rocks where earthquakes occur could play a key role in determining their location and strength, researchers have found. A study, carried out by geologists at Brown ...

The field of geodynamics encompasses the study of the physical processes that govern the evolution of the Earth’s lithosphere, with a particular emphasis on tectonic motions and deformation patterns.

Tracy Turner, owner of the Wynola Junction, looks over pictures that fell from shelves when an earthquake hit Monday in Julian. (Denis Poroy / Associated Press) Below California's famed beaches, ...

Scientists are analyzing the disaster for clues about the potential strength and location of future West Coast quakes. By Henry Fountain The scientists studying the powerful earthquakes that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tracy Turner, owner of the Wynola Junction, looks over pictures that fell from shelves when an earthquake hit Monday in Julian.