Major ancient faults like that can remain as weak zones in the Earth’s crust and then focus ongoing tectonic strain,” noted ...

A research team studied earthquake hazard maps from five countries and found that all the maps seemed to overpredict the historically observed earthquake shaking intensities. In analyzing the ...

“Hazard maps for California as well as Japan, Italy, Nepal and France all seemed to overpredict the historically observed earthquake shaking intensities.

A magnitude 8.8 monster off the eastern coast of Russia threatened tens of millions of people with a tsunami risk. So why did ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued tsunami warnings and advisories for all of California's coastline ...

It's no secret that the Bay Area is due for a major earthquake. The USGS released a map Thursday that shows a 75 percent or higher chance of a damaging quake hitting the area in 100 years. .

This assessment revealed that hazard maps for the U.S. (California), Japan, Italy, Nepal and France seemed to overpredict earthquake damage.

Official earthquake hazard maps that influence building codes and insurance rates now recognize what many scientists already concluded: A major earthquake off the Oregon Coast could be not just ...

The U.S. Geological Survey released new earthquake hazard maps for the nation on Thursday, boosting the risk of seismic damage in the South and East Bay — especially for tall buildings.

Photograph by Nikki Kahn, The Washington Post via Getty Earthquake Maps Reveal Higher Risks for Much of U.S. New government maps extend hazard zones in eastern, central, and western U.S.