A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck the Apennine regions of central Italy on Wednesday, killing an estimated 247 people and causing “apocalyptic scenes” near the epicenter.

A rare, ultra-long earthquake in Myanmar revealed that mature faults can deliver their full force directly to the surface. The discovery could mean stronger shaking near faults like California’s San ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Dozens of small earthquakes have shaken the San Francisco Bay Area over the last month, rattling nerves and ...

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck southcentral Alaska on Wednesday, Nov. 27 at 8:11 a.m. Alaska Standard Time, occurring 26 miles southwest of Willow. The tremor registered at a depth of 42.8 miles, ...

A shake alert went out over the U.S. Geological Survey's early warning system on Dec. 4, warning that a 5.9 earthquake near Carson City in western Nevada could produce heavy shaking in the region. But ...

A 5.5 magnitude earthquake caused a brief pause in Ireland's cricket test with Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, leading to some frightening moments this morning. The quake hit at ...

For more than a month, the San Francisco Bay Area has been subjected to a seemingly ceaseless stampede of earthquakes — the latest in a series of seismic swarms that have rattled windows and raised ...

Earthquakes happen daily, sometimes with devastating consequences, yet predicting them remains out of reach. What scientists can do is map the hidden layers beneath the surface that control how ...

MISSOURI — When most people think of earthquakes, they think of California fault lines. But the most active earthquake zone east of the Rocky Mountains runs straight through the middle of the country ...