An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 jolted Ladakh's Kargil on early Friday, according to the National Center for Seismology. The ...

A 4.1 magnitude earthquake shook throughout the Los Angeles area on Sunday, around 1 p.m. according to the U.S. Geological ...

Alaska's Mount Spurr, an active volcano near the most populated region in the state, is getting even closer to an eruption, according to volcanologists. Scientists at the Alaska Volcano Observatory ...

So far, there has been no impact on monitoring. But the potential is there if the limitations at the federal level continue.

The Italian city has been shaken by its strongest earthquake in 40 years, and is part of a growing pattern of seismic unrest across Southern Europe. Environmental scientist Deborah R. Coen looks at ...

On the seismic activity in the region, he said that "it has returned to normal levels" after a month of about 23,000 tremors ...

A series of earthquakes has rattled the Pacific Northwest in recent weeks, raising concerns. A local expert says it's nothing ...

LOS ANGELES — A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck near North Hollywood on Sunday night, but there are no reports of injuries or damage Monday. The earthquake, reported at 10:13 p.m. Sunday, was centered ...

A research team in Japan has warned that unreleased stress energy at an undersea trench off northern Japan has become large ...

A 5.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Kathmandu region of Nepal, as reported by the German Research Center for Geosciences ...

Earthquakes occur along fault lines between continental plates, where one plate is diving beneath another. Pressure builds between each plate, called fault stress. When this stress builds enough to ...