People in B.C. regularly have earthquake drills at school and work, trying to prepare for what’s known as “the big one.” The problem is, it is almost impossible to predict when that will happen.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Another 2.3 earthquake shook East Tennessee on July 27, according to the United States Geological Survey. The minor earthquake had ...

An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 rattled the Indian Ocean on Wednesday, as per a statement by the National Center for ...

The first earthquake struck while the town was still asleep. Around 2:00 am on Dec. 16, 1811, New Madrid—a small frontier settlement of 400 people on land now located in Missouri—was jolted awake.

Learn how seismic waves helped identify rare mantle earthquakes deep below Earth’s crust, offering new insight into the ...

Earthquakes in the American state of Utah, the Soultz-sous-Forêts region of France or in the Dutch province of Groningen should not be able to occur even if the subsurface has been exploited for ...

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 ...

Earthquakes usually strike without warning. But sometimes they come in clusters — dozens or even hundreds of small quakes concentrated in one area over days or weeks. Geologists call these clusters ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The Yellowstone region generates a lot of earthquakes. Although most of these earthquakes are too ...

Since Nov. 9, there have been 91 earthquakes of magnitude 2.0 and above — the largest being a 4.0 on Dec. 19 — in the East ...

North Carolina isn't California. California is known for having earthquakes, and sometimes strong quakes. You rarely hear about earthquakes in North Carolina, but they do occur here. A couple of ...