A strike-slip fault is when two blocks slip past one another, like the San Andreas Fault line. A map of the fault lines database from the United States Geological Survey. A map of the fault lines ...

Scientists are warning that a 1,000-foot-tall “mega tsunami” could potentially wipe a large chunk of America off the map – if ...

But trying to map the hidden fault lines will involve a bit of detective ... and felt by people from Georgia to Canada. The quake caused cracks to the 555-foot Washington Monument, which only ...

Only a few hundred have happened in the state since 1900. Georgia still has a number of fault lines, though. That’s where most earthquakes occur. The Brevard Fault Line, the best-known one ...