The first “Big One” earthquake in more than a decade has rattled the world. What if it had happened anywhere else? Say, ...

Residents of the US’s West Coast have long feared “The Big One” – the apparently inevitable massive earthquake that will one day hit where the Pacific tectonic plate meets its North American neighbor.

Scientists were able to use satellite data to gather critical information about a tsunami generated by a magnitude 8.8 ...

Researchers have discovered evidence of “partial synchronization” of two of the world’s most famous fault lines—the northern San Andreas Fault and Cascadia Subduction Zone. The relationship between ...