About 55 earthquakes a day – 20,000 a year – are recorded by the National Earthquake Information Center. Most are tiny and barely noticed by people living where they happen. But some are strong ...
SAN FRANCISCO -- A magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit Northern California on Thursday, causing a tsunami warning and several aftershocks. The tsunami warning -- which impacted at least 5.3 million people ...
A minor, 3.1-magnitude earthquake struck in Southern California on Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 10:27 a.m. Pacific time about 8 miles northwest ...
A rare earthquake stuck off the coast of Maine on Monday, causing people to report feeling shaking all throughout New England and into New York. A magnitude 3.8 earthquake was recorded at 10:22 ...
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 ...
Pasadena, Calif.'s City Hall is seen Monday. Ryan Sun/AP When the 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck the Los Angeles area Monday afternoon, Angelenos reported a lengthy quake with significant shaking.
The magnitude-7.5 earthquake and its aftershocks devastated parts of Ishikawa prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast - Copyright AFP Toshifumi KITAMURA The magnitude-7. ...