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The disaster caused by a predicted large earthquake in the Pacific Northwest could be compounded by shaking along the San Andreas fault in California, scientists warned.

A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6 struck northeastern Afghanistan on August 31. Dozens of aftershocks followed, according to the United States Geological Survey. Thousands of people have been ...

The Juan de Fuca Plate has been steadily pushing against the Pacific Coast as it slides beneath the North American Plate. But ...

BERKELEY, Calif. -- A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in Berkeley, California early Monday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake struck at 2:56 a.m. and had a depth of about 4.8 ...

Scientists were able to use the data from a fiber optic cable and a sensitive measuring device to “image” the Mendocino ...

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake was reported Monday at 8:09 p.m. in Fullerton, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake occurred less than a mile from Anaheim, one mile from Placentia, two ...

It's well known that earthquakes can rock fault-filled places like the U.S. West Coast. But why do earthquakes happen in the middle of tectonic plates? When you purchase through links on our site, we ...