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

This earthquake is larger than much of the recent seismic activity around western Washington, per initial reports.

I look forward to seeing the outcomes of this research and the practical benefits it will bring to New Zealand,” Dr. Reti ...

A global reanalysis of both short- and long-term deformation clarifies how obliquity affects strain partitioning in convergent plate boundaries.

After a series of earthquakes rocked California last week, a scientist has warned that the Golden State isn't the only area ...

The government is spending almost a million dollars on researching earthquake and volcanic disaster resilience in collaboration with scientists in Japan ...

"The main takeaway is that the subduction zone plate boundary contains much more foliated, damaged rocks than what we thought about before at this kilometer scale, which is relevant to earthquake ...

But it isn't just California at risk. Washington sits along the Cascadia Subduction Zone that is capable of a 'megaquake', they said. Harold Tobin, director of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Net ...