A University of Michigan study looking at a small region in Japan has shown that the properties of fault zone rocks really ...

Earthquakes occur along fault lines between continental plates, where one plate is diving beneath another. Pressure builds between each ...

A second earthquake of at least 2.5 magnitude in 12 hours struck Thursday afternoon in western Washington. The 3.2 magnitude ...

Kitsap County residents might have been awoken by the ground shaking on Thursday morning, as a 3.1 magnitude earthquake was ...

"It is a complex geological phenomenon," says the Associate Professor of Geological Oceanography and Physical Geography – ...