A hidden network of earthquake faults running beneath Seattle may be far more active than scientists realized. New research reveals that smaller “secondary” faults in the Seattle Fault Zone appear to ...

Chicago Shakespeare Theater is billing its world-premiere comedy, “Fault,” as “wickedly funny.” A more accurate description would be “unaccountably nasty.” Scooter Pietsch’s three-character, ...

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There are two kinds of people who don’t hang pictures on their walls: minimalists, and people who live directly above a fault line. Alex Cully is the latter. From 2016 to 2017, Cully rented an ...

Northwest Louisiana recently experienced a 4.9 magnitude earthquake, with residents reporting beds shaking and walls vibrating. This quake was much more intense than what's typical in Louisiana, with ...

Officials in Nevada County, Calif., are investigating whether there could have been criminal negligence involved in the disaster that killed at least eight people. By Christina Morales Jill Cowan and ...

In the Pacific Northwest, big faults like the Cascadian subduction zone located offshore, get a lot of attention. But big faults aren't the only ones that pose significant hazards, and a new study ...

The U.S. government acknowledged Wednesday that both the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and U.S. Army contributed to a midair collision over the Potomac River near Washington, D.C., last ...

The United States government admitted fault Wednesday for the midair collision over the Potomac River in January, according to a court filing. The collision between American Airlines Flight 5342 and a ...

Drop. Cover. Hold on. That’s the three-part jingle every Californian learns to stay safe in earthquake country. Scientists forecast a more than 99% chance that earthquakes of 6.7 magnitude or larger ...

At the Cascadia subduction zone in the Pacific Northwest, one tectonic plate is moving underneath another. New experimental work at UC Davis shows how rocks on faults deep in the Earth can cement ...