This fear is commonly discussed along the San Andreas fault line in California. However, some have also brought up the same concept for the New Madrid fault line, which sits right along the state ...

Missouri and Tennessee saw a string of small earthquakes triggered along the New Madrid fault line. It raises the question ...

A swarm of earthquakes hit a massive 150-foot-long fault line ... California, which experts say is about 80 years overdue for 'The Big One', a massive earthquake along the 800-mile long San ...

There are even man-made earthquakes. Scientists say a huge fracking boom across the United States has left an earthquake ...

San Francisco recorded another powerful earthquake Thursday, adding to an already decent history of similarly strong quakes in the area.

Earlier tsunami warnings following a huge 7.0 earthquake in California have been lifted. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

“It felt like a violent elevator ride,” she said, “and when we ran outside, the power lines ... occur on the San Andreas fault, which cuts all the way down to Southern California.

Multiple notable earthquakes have struck the United States this year, including a powerful quake in California and ... plate boundaries like the San Andreas fault making geologic activity more ...