This discovery could really shake up the Big Apple. New York City was rattled harder than some surrounding areas during last April’s northeast earthquake because of a dangerous, newly discovered fault ...

The United States is crisscrossed by numerous fault lines, many of which have the potential to unleash significant ...

ST. LOUIS – Earlier in the month, Missouri and nearby states saw a string of small earthquakes triggered along the New Madrid fault line. It raises the question many have had: Will the New Madrid ...

A once-overlooked fault line beneath North America may pose a far greater threat than previously realized. Canadian geologists have raised the alarm over the Tintina Fault, a hidden seismic hazard ...

There's a sleeping fault line that runs along the border between Canada and Alaska. The line has been dormant for millions of years as best scientists can tell. But new research suggests it could be ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. While California’s 750-mile-long San Andreas ...

Editor at Large High up in Canada’s Yukon Territory, a seismic gun is being cocked and aimed at the little community of Dawson City—population 1,600. If a new study in the journal Geophysical Research ...

Researchers have identified an actively creeping section of the Concord Fault running through local communities in California, potentially increasing the risk of large earthquakes in residential ...