There have been more than 400 tremors recorded in this swarm as of May 11. How unusual is this?

It’s been a jiggly week in the east San Francisco Bay Area. The USGS recorded 120 earthquakes all centered within a few miles of the city of San Ramon. Most were far too small to be felt, but six made ...

Seismic frequency–magnitude analysis underpins modern earthquake science by quantifying how often earthquakes of varying sizes occur. Central to this approach is the Gutenberg–Richter law, which ...

The investigative minds at How to Survive use a magnitude scale to show the exponential increase in energy between a 5.0 and a 9.0 quake and why modern "base isolation" saves buildings. Senate strikes ...

The investigative minds at How to Survive examine earthquake magnitude comparisons and what they mean for survival preparedness. GOP lawmakers push for charges against former White House aide for Jan.

Deep beneath the Pacific, one undersea fault has produced nearly identical magnitude 6 earthquakes every few years for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Given last week's headlines about a 4.8 magnitude earthquake in New York and New Jersey, many people might be wondering if it ...

Northern California residents experienced a gentle reminder of the region’s seismic activity Monday evening when a minor earthquake rippled through the area west of Los Banos. The 3.3-magnitude ...

Think a big earthquake couldn't happen in Nashville? Guess again. Middle Tennessee is susceptible to damage from large earthquakes and a big one could be coming to the area sooner than we think, ...