California has dozens of earthquakes every day. Most are below 3.0 magnitude, so small that they aren’t felt.

Coastal communities from northern California to British Columbia live atop the Cascadia Subduction Zone, which spans about ...

A 2.9-magnitude earthquake shook Western Washington on Tuesday, June 3, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The 5.4-mile ...

The sediments underlying the Salt Lake Valley are thicker in places than previously thought, indicating that current seismic ...

Tina Dura, a geosciences professor at Virginia Tech, was the lead author on a new study that examined the risk of major coastal flooding in Washington, Oregon, and Northern California from two factors ...

Rhodes has been hit by a mega 6.2-scale earthquake this morning, while Turkey was also rocked by a 5.8 quake that caused 69 ...

While you may think earthquakes are a rarity in New Mexico, think again. Dr. Urbi Basu, manager of the New Mexico Tech ...

Depending on the location, there may be secondary hazards triggered by earthquakes, such as landslides, fires or tsunamis, he said.

McLennan County officials seek public input for their five-year hazard mitigation plan addressing tornadoes, wildfires, ...

Here are three things to know about how and why this earthquake ... according to the U.S. Geological Survey’s Earthquake Hazards Program. Strike-slip earthquakes occur when two blocks of ...

What to Know About Earthquakes Like the One ... Depending on the location, there may be secondary hazards triggered by earthquakes, such as landslides, fires or tsunamis, he said.

Depending on the location, there may be secondary hazards triggered by earthquakes, such as landslides, fires or tsunamis, he said. The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives ...