It was given a ranking of 24. The fourth-most vulnerable county on the list, Shelby County in Tennessee, is located near the New Madrid Seismic Zone and is home to Memphis. The study ranked the 206 ...

Scientists say the size of earthquake faults may have been previously underestimated, extending potentially dangerous ...

Steven Sobieszczyk, a spokesperson for USGS, explained that scientists have combined historical records with current seismic readings to work out where the highest risks are today. An area in the ...

Using data compiled from single earthquakes across the world, Christie Rowe of the Nevada Seismological Laboratory at the University of Nevada, Reno and Alex Hatem of the U.S. Geological Survey sought ...

Fault zones are often wide, branching networks rather than narrow lines, requiring a shift to 3D models for better earthquake ...

Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust above it to "drip" and suck down rocks from across the continent.

Malaysians should remain vigilant for earthquakes even though it is outside the Pacific Ring of Fire, says an expert.

as it features in the red zone with a high risk of earthquakes on the Global Seismic Risk Map. The Sagaing Fault is an important earthquake-prone fault in Myanmar, running from central to northern ...