Although Californians are relatively familiar with the San Andreas Fault, the Cascadia Subduction Zone is in many ways more dangerous. That fault, where the Juan de Fuca Plate is subsiding underneath ...

A newly identified link between two notorious geologic zones suggests a major earthquake at one site could trigger another ...

A Cascadia subduction zone earthquake is coming for the Pacific Northwest, and when it hits, scientists now believe, it could cause the San Andreas fault in California to go off.

These are two very different fault systems, but the sediment record suggests that in the past, at least three San Andreas ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Scientists say there's new evidence that two of the best-known earthquake fault lines on the West Coast are in sync and that has the potential for a major disaster. A new study ...

PASADENA, Calif. -- A powerful earthquake in Myanmar earlier this year is leading scientists to rethink how we predict future earthquakes. A new study from CalTech sheds light on the behavior of the ...

What could the next mega-earthquake on California's notorious San Andreas fault look like? Would it be a repeat of 1857, when an earthquake estimated at magnitude 7.7 to 7.9 ruptured the fault from ...

The San Andreas fault could trigger the most powerful earthquake ever recorded. And it could happen at any time. A recent study draws lessons from a devastating earthquake in Myanmar to better ...

It’s like a plot from a Hollywood movie. A massive earthquake on one West Coast fault triggers other earthquakes far away, causing vast destruction over hundreds of miles. A new study out Tuesday ...