Nevada is the nation’s third-most seismically active state and neighbors quake-prone California, which experienced two temblors in early July felt in Las Vegas. UNLV geoscientist Wanda Taylor explains ...

This suggests that earthquake activity along a fault could increase as glaciers recede. “Climate change is happening at a rate that is orders of magnitude faster than we see in the geologic ...

A 3.3 magnitude earthquake was reported Monday afternoon in Ohio and felt in parts of Kentucky and West Virginia. According to the United States Geological Survey, the earthquake was reported at ...

After the 1999 earthquake caused by the previously unknown fault in Parnitha, scientists created a comprehensive map of Attica’s faults. However, they estimate that there are additional ...

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have described a new method for studying faults that could improve earthquake forecasting, shedding light on when earthquakes will initiate and ...

“When earthquake faults slip, the surrounding Earth moves and deforms like the elastic in a waistband. This movement can cause the stress on nearby faults to either increase or ...

The powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Northern California on December 5 sent shock waves 500 miles away, turning Devils Hole, a remote pool in Death Valley National Park ...

Nevada is at risk of earthquakes. Seismologists have noted that there are at least 30 faults that could cause damage in the Reno-Carson City corridor, according to the Nevada Bureau of Mines and ...

A swarm of earthquakes rattled along the New Madrid fault line, sparking fear of the “big one” shaking the area known for tremors. Centered in New Madrid, Missouri, the seismic zone “is the ...

Getty Images/iStockphoto A swarm of earthquakes rattled along the New Madrid fault line, sparking fear of the “big one” shaking the area known for tremors. Centered in New Madrid, Missouri ...