There is a difference between faults and fault lines. The USGS explains a fault is a three-dimensional surface within the ...

Well, according to Nostradamus, things might just get even crazier! From earthquakes and asteroids to zombies and disasters, ...

The Axial Seamount, an underwater volcano located about 300 miles off the coast of Oregon, is displaying behavior that ...

Paul Earle, a seismologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, joined 12 News at 4 virtually on Tuesday to talk about the ...

January 26 marked the 325th anniversary since the last earthquake struck the Cascadia subduction zone. Centuries later, the ...

Earth bubbles and broils beneath an underwater peak called Axial Seamount, located 480 kilometers (300 miles) off Oregon's ...

Georgia Southern University researcher Cemil Yavas knows firsthand the devastation that earthquakes can bring to communities.

You can’t predict it and there’s no reason to predict there’s going to be anything worse,” one geosciences professor said.

There's often little warning when a tsunami strikes, but a research team at USF aims to improve the forecasting of these hazardous events for communities that are most at risk.

Seismic upheaval in the Awash Fentale area has uprooted thousands from their homes. It has also raised questions about the ...

Axial Seamount, a massive underwater volcano located nearly 300 miles off the Oregon coast, is showing signs of an imminent ...

New research shows that slow, silent stress buildup and fault geometry are crucial in triggering earthquakes A new study has ...