An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 rocked the San Francisco Bay area early Sunday morning, causing serious damage to the Napa County area, and felt all over Northern California. Much like in the ...

Multiple earthquakes struck off the coast of Alaska Monday, according to a map from the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The quakes ranged in strength from 2.6 magnitude up to a 4.5 magnitude, ...

On today's date in 1707, a catastrophic 8.6 magnitude earthquake hit Japan. This quake may have played a role in the last documented eruption of Mount Fuji.

Climate change is accelerating continental rifting, the geological process where landmasses slowly pull apart. According to a ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Sunday marks 139 years since the Lowcountry experienced an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of between 6.9 and 7.3. The Earthquake of 1886, killed more than 80 people ...

Resilience is a term often discussed in the face of a natural disaster such as a major earthquake, but the attributes of resilience and how they interact are rarely analyzed, researchers say in a new ...

A 5.8 magnitude earthquake centered in Louisa County, Virginia, shook the entire East Coast. It was the largest recorded earthquake in Virginia history, causing significant damage to homes and ...

A major earthquake off the coast of Alaska could trigger a tsunami flooding San Francisco's Embarcadero. But the main sensors designed to provide warnings for such a tsunami will soon go dark.

The Indonesian coast was struck by four earthquakes over the past 24 hours, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).