Earthquakes’ sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches. They can happen anywhere, but they’re ...

Authorities have declared a state of emergency on a second Greek island as a series of earthquakes continued to rattle the ...

The strongest was a 3.4 magnitude quake that struck near San Bernardino, with more than 500 people feeling the quake.

Scientists have detected several thousand earthquakes, the vast majority of them with small magnitudes, in just over two ...

Mount Spurr, which sits about 75 miles west of Anchorage, has seen “ volcanic unrest ” for the last 10 months, including an ...

WESTERN Tenn. (KFVS) - Two minor earthquakes were recorded near Jackson, Tennessee on Thursday morning, February 13.

HAYWARD, Calif. - Hayward experienced back-to-back earthquakes late Thursday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The first earthquake, a magnitude 3.4, struck at about 11:52 a.m., ...

A series of earthquakes rattled the San Francisco Bay Area midday Thursday as rain and wind continued to push through the ...

A state of emergency has been declared on the island of Amorgos in the Aegean, as a string of earthquakes continues to rattle the region.

After a pair of small earthquakes shook San Bernardino on Monday morning, the city was jolted by another earthquake just before 10 p.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It was the second ...

The Greek Island of Santorini is in the headlines again, not because of the massive increase in tourism and cruise ships last season, but because of a swarm of severe earthquakes this week.

When it does, it releases energy in a burst, which causes the shaking of an earthquake. Earthquakes happen most often where tectonic plates meet. Tectonic plates are pieces of crust that fit ...