Seismologists have a term they use carefully: a "seismic gap." It refers to a section of an active fault that has gone quiet ...

India has released a revised seismic hazard map as part of an updated Earthquake Design Code, marking a major overhaul in earthquake risk assessment. For the first time, the entire Himalayan region ...

SAN DIEGO (KSWB) — Earthquakes can’t be predicted but a new scientific assessment by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) has revealed areas where scientists predict “damaging” earthquakes are ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Around 9 p.m. on January 26th, 1700, a powerful magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck along the Cascadia Subduction Zone, which extends from Vancouver Island in British Columbia to ...

Four of Santa Rosa’s elementary schools sit near or atop parts of the Rodgers Creek Fault. What does the future hold for ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – January 26 marked the 325th anniversary since the last earthquake struck the Cascadia Subduction Zone. Centuries later, the ancient quake has left clues for scientists to ...

Tokyo, one of the world's most densely populated megacities, sits on a highly active seismic zone where the threat of major earthquakes is ever-present. One of the most destructive aspects of seismic ...