A 5.4-magnitude earthquake was reported in Alaska on Thursday (October 30), according to the United States Geological Survey.

SAN FRANCISCO – Was that an earthquake you just felt or merely a big truck rumbling by? You don't have to wonder – the U.S. Geological Survey is on the case and can almost immediately tell you whether ...

The impact of an earthquake on people and property depends not only on the earthquake's characteristics like magnitude and ...

Machine learning is expanding scientists’ catalogs of quakes and refining maps of underground faults. It also promises to ...

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake rattled parts of central Oklahoma late Tuesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Earthquakes in the American state of Utah, the Soultz-sous-Forêts region of France or in the Dutch province of Groningen ...

The largest earthquake to hit North Carolina in a century struck the state shortly after 8 a.m. Sunday. Did scientists see it coming? No, with good reason — earthquakes aren’t like hurricanes. There ...

Recent studies of stream channel offsets along the San Andreas Fault reveal new information about fault behavior--changing our understanding of the potential for damaging earthquakes. The studies were ...