NORFOLK, Va. — Fault lines are fractures or breaks in the Earth's crust where tectonic plates move past each other, often resulting in earthquakes. These geological features are classified into three ...

The 4.8-magnitude earthquake on the East Coast Friday came from ancient dormant faults. The faults formed when two continents collided about 500 million years ago, creating the Appalachians and ...

Earthquakes have long been associated with fault lines, jagged edges where tectonic plates meet and collide. Several studies explain how these seismic activities are not limited to these boundaries.

Expert urges quake preparedness for Karachi, says city sits near three-plate junction and multiple fault lines ...

Over here in the Midwest, we're much more familiar with tornadoes, floods, freezes and other severe weather incidents. Earthquakes remain an afterthought — but they're not impossible. According to the ...

Take yourself back to fifth-grade science for a second. You might have learned that earthquakes are caused by the sudden movement of big, underground sheets of rock, called tectonic plates. Your ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. For 750 miles, the San Andreas fault cuts a scar up and down the ...

Daniel Trugman, assistant professor in the Nevada Seismological Laboratory (NSL), and Avigyan Chatterjee, doctoral student in the NSL, have published a research article in the journal Nature about how ...

This aerial image of the San Andreas Fault in the Carrizo Plain shows numerous curved drainages where fault slip has stretched stream channels to the left. Eventually, the channels get ‘reset’ when ...

The earthquake that devastated large areas of southern Turkey and northern Syria may have been building for thousands of years. The 7.8-magnitude earthquake shook the region at 4.17 a.m. local time on ...

Heavy-duty machines working on debris of collapsed buildings after earthquakes hit multiple Turkish provinces on Tuesday. (Orhan Pehlul/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) LONDON — A powerful aftershock ...

The Calaveras Fault doesn’t have the same celebrity status as its more famous siblings, the San Andreas and Hayward Faults. But Tuesday’s 5.1 earthquake was a reminder of the powerful pent-up energy ...