Tulane University researchers, collaborating with an international team of scientists, have discovered why some parts of ...

RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CA - According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a 2.1 magnitude quake shook near Cabazon Tuesday night.

Once considered geologically impossible, earthquakes in stable regions like Utah and Groningen can actually occur due to long ...

SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, CA - A preliminary 3.2 magnitude quake was registered near San Simeon Thursday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Earthquakes in the American state of Utah, the Soultz-sous-Forêts region of France or in the Dutch province of Groningen ...

There's an 85% chance that a damaging earthquake could hit Seattle in the next 50 years. Old brick buildings are most at risk, but retrofitting them could mean a loss of affordable housing.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A major earthquake hasn’t struck any of California’s biggest cities in more than three decades, but experts and ...

Today is the Great ShakeOut, an earthquake drill. The event is at 10:16 a.m. People should "drop, cover and hold" during an earthquake. OAKLAND, Calif. - Millions of Californians are set to "Drop, ...

A 5.9 magnitude earthquake was detected off the Oregon Coast Sept. 25. The earthquake occurred at 11:45 p.m. approximately 143 miles off the coast of Bandon, and at a depth of 6.2 miles, according to ...

When an earthquake hits, you have only seconds to act. And if you don’t know exactly what you should do—or you have incorrect information about earthquake safety—you could accidentally be putting ...

At the heart of nearly every galaxy lurks a cosmic giant: a supermassive black hole. These mysterious objects, millions to billions of times more massive than our Sun, exert such powerful gravity that ...

Earthquakes can be deadly and disastrous. But what we feel may constitute a tiny sliver of an earthquake’s destructive energy, according to a new experiment. In a recent AGU Advances paper, ...