New research reveals that the highest tsunamis in history were caused by sudden landslides, not earthquakes, leaving ...

The Iberian Peninsula is undergoing a slow but measurable clockwise rotation, driven by tectonic forces far beneath the ...

Scientists are uncovering a hidden and surprisingly complex earthquake zone beneath Northern California by tracking swarms of ...

Tremors beneath Northern California show hidden plate movement, helping scientists better understand where future big ...

Three of the great tectonic plates that make up the Earth’s crust meet at the Mendocino Triple Junction, off the Humboldt ...

Seismologists have discovered hidden faults at the Mendocino Triple Junction by tracking tiny earthquakes using a new ...

Many of the state's largest earthquakes have struck near the junction, where the Pacific, North American and Gorda plates ...

Invisible earthquakes are revealing a hidden tectonic puzzle beneath California’s most dangerous fault zone.

By tracking swarms of very small earthquakes, seismologists are getting a new picture of the complex region where the San ...

A minor, 3.1-magnitude earthquake struck in the San Francisco Bay Area on Thursday, according to the United States Geological ...

Sometimes to truly study something up close, you have to take a step back. That's what Andrea Donnellan does. An expert in Earth sciences and seismology, she gets much of her data from a bird's-eye ...