When the 8.2 magnitude Chignik earthquake hit off the coast of Alaska in 2021, it was a big warning signal.The largest ...

Like the rest of the Northeast, Maine has no active faults, making it an area of relatively low seismic activity. But it ...

An earthquake typically sets off ruptures that ripple out from its underground origins. But on rare occasions, seismologists ...

The recent 3.5 magnitude earthquake was likely an aftershock of the 2020 quake in Magna, according to seismologists.

A thick layer of slippery clay on the ocean floor may have formed the weak spot that enabled a magnitude 9.1 quake to make ...

The earthquake danger most Seattleites think about isn't necessarily the one most likely to hit soonest, new research ...

Nine of the 11 earthquakes recorded in South Carolina in 2026 have happened in February, according to the USGS.

A preliminary magnitude-3.6 earthquake was reported late Tuesday morning near Banning in Riverside County. Shaking was reported in Banning, Lake Elsinore, San jacinta, Yucaipa, Hemet, Palm Springs and ...

When tens of thousands of earthquakes shook Santorini, the cause wasn’t just shifting tectonic plates—it was rising magma. Scientists tracked about 300 million cubic meters of molten rock pushing up ...

Bill would boost NOAA’s tsunami preparedness budget by 35%, require planning for a Pacific Northwest megaquake ...

In 2025, Myanmar experienced a fault break that stretched 311 miles in seconds, forcing geologists to rethink key seismic ...

S. population is "somewhat likely" to experience a damaging earthquake in the coming decades, according to recently published ...