A new 3D model is giving scientists a clearer look at what’s happening deep beneath the Marmara Sea and where the next major ...

The National Science Foundation funded work reveals unexpected brine deposits beneath the seafloor near the fault, which could change the way we conceptualize oceanic transform faults. The Gofar fault ...

When we think of earthquakes, we imagine sudden, violent shaking. But deep beneath the Earth's surface, some faults move in near silence. These slow, shuffling slips and their accompanying hum -- ...

Scientists have uncovered a key piece of the puzzle behind the unusual "slow earthquakes" occurring off the east coast of New Zealand's North Island. A new international study, published in Science ...

For hundreds of Bay Area residents, plate tectonics isn't abstract.

Researchers analyzing two decades of seismic data have uncovered a striking eastward migration of earthquakes along the Main ...

A famous possession in which California takes no particular pride is the San Andreas Fault, a great crack in the bedrock that leads from the Mexican border to Point Arena, no miles northwest of San ...