A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck near Panama 's southern tip on Friday morning, shaking buildings more than 100 miles away in the capital and prompting evacuations, according to the U.S.

EL DORADO COUNTY, CA - A 2.9 magnitude quake occurred close to South Lake Tahoe on Friday night, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. A tremor shook the region at 11:58 p.m. The earthquake's ...

About 240 miles long, Utah's Wasatch Fault stretches along the western edge of the Wasatch Mountains from southern Idaho to central Utah, running through Salt Lake City and the state's other ...

Southern California is home to two major fault lines, the San Andreas and San Jacinto, where large tectonic plates grind past each other, occasionally triggering violent earthquakes. While smaller ...

Large earthquakes can dramatically reshape mountain landscapes by triggering thousands of landslides and rapidly accelerating erosion. However, the reasons why some mountain regions experience intense ...

Assistant Professor Chukwuebuka Nweke explains how the region’s sedimentary basins can amplify seismic waves – and why ...

Authors Gavin P. Hayes, Annemarie S. Baltay, William D. Barnhart, Michael L. Blanpied, Lindsay A. Davis, Paul S. Earle, Edward H. Field, Jill M. Franks, Douglas D ...

University of Nevada, Reno faculty can offer expertise regarding earthquakes, simulation, impacts on structures, tectonics and more. Email the University communications team to schedule an interview.

(ECNS) — China's Ministry of Natural Resources has completed inspections of potential geological hazard sites within 50 kilometers (about 31 miles) of the epicenter of a magnitude 7.0 earthquake that ...

Marissa Wenzke is a journalist based in Los Angeles. She has a bachelor's degree in political science from UC Santa Barbara and is a graduate of Columbia Journalism School. A 3.8-magnitude earthquake ...

Using rock samples collected from the Wasatch Fault, geoscientists combined experiments and analysis with examinations of fault rock textures. The team's research revealed significant clues about the ...