Other sections of this part of the country are prone to earthquakes, but can expect fewer quakes of smaller magnitude. Below is a map showing the risk of damage by earthquakes for the continental ...

California is riddled with a number of fault lines that frequently cause earthquakes, including Arrowhead, Waterman Canyon, ...

A series of small earthquakes shook the San Francisco Bay Area on Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey.

A major, 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck in the Caribbean Sea on Saturday and triggered a tsunami advisory in Puerto Rico and ...

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake that struck Monday morning off the coast of Maine was felt in at least nine states, according to United States Geological Survey (USGS) reports. Thousands of reports poured ...

The first main earthquake hazard (danger) is the effect of ground shaking. Buildings can be damaged by the shaking itself or by the ground beneath them settling to a different level than it was before ...