Hawaii Island residents felt what they described as “light shaking” after a 4.0-magnitude earthquake occurred 11 miles west-northwest of Volcano.

A 3.8-magnitude earthquake shook the Southern California area, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The more than 6-mile deep ...

The U.S. Geological Survey says a small earthquake occurred near Clinton overnight. The earthquake, which took place about 10 ...

The giant plate boundary that is the Hikurangi Subduction Zone has the potential to cause magnitude-8.0 “megathrust” ...

Starting next month, Natalia Ruppert will begin working for the U.S. Geological Survey’s ShakeAlert program in the Pacific ...

Landslides cause more than a billion dollars in damage in the United States each year, according to the American Geoscience ...

Earthquakes are sometimes more challenging to prepare for than other hazards, because they happen infrequently.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.8 struck Malibu Friday afternoon, and was likely felt as far away as Long Beach. Centered ...

The epicenter was about 4.6 miles north of Point Dume, in the mountains above Malibu’s city limits. It’s the seventh ...

A small earthquake in Walker County is getting big attention Tuesday. It happened at about 10 p.m. Monday and only registered ...

“Felt it Big Time Malibu ... Magnitude measures the energy released at the source of the earthquake, the USGS says. It replaces the old Richter scale. Quakes between 2.5 and 5.4 magnitude ...

Energy builds up over time as tectonic plates and rocks crunch against each other. Big earthquakes. Life-shattering landslides. Saffer said the big question is simple: “If you do have these ...