California sits on an active plate boundary where the Pacific and North American plates grind past each other, producing frequent earthquakes.

The dual earthquakes revealed how geology, corruption, and a longstanding humanitarian emergency amplified destruction across ...

Earthquakes are usually linked to natural movements along faults deep inside the Earth, but in certain situations, human activity can also produce measurable seismic events. Scientists distinguish ...

Venezuela's acting president said the death toll from powerful twin earthquakes was likely to rise, as USGS modeling suggested thousands may have been killed.

The magnitude 3.6 quake was centered 7 miles from Dilley, in Frio County, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. No damage was reported.

Ideas like “earthquake weather” and fears that California could fall into the ocean have long been a part of the state’s earthquake superstitions, often resurfacing every time the ground begins to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. California's ground is always moving. Most of the time, that movement is too small to notice. But the state sits on one of the ...