A portion of Alabama is included on a new federal earthquake map that shows where earthquakes could occur during the next 50 years.

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Alabama --- The 3.0 earthquake that rumbled in the eastern parts of metro Birmingham may have been earth-shaking but, for Alabama, it was not earth-shattering. There are 270 ...

No doubt you’ve seen the headlines coming out of southeastern California, however earthquakes are not limited to the West Coast. In April 2003, a magnitude 4.6 earthquake shook my freshman do… ...

Early Thursday morning Alabama experienced its first earthquake of 2024! Here in the Tennessee Valley, earthquakes don’t occur every day but they are certainly not uncommon.

While Alabama may not experience large-scale earthquakes as frequently as other regions, the tremors from nearby states remind us that seismic activity can affect unexpected areas.

A ninth earthquake has struck the Florida-Alabama border area. U.S Geological Survey data shows four small earthquakes were documented over a 2-day period last week.

Alabama is an earthquake state like California, only Alabama’s quakes are not as severe, nor are they as devastating as the 9.0 quake that recently hit Japan. Still, more than 130 earthquakes of ...

Earthquake History The known seismic history of Alabama spans about 100 years for local earthquakes. For shocks outside the State borders that caused damaged to cities in Alabama, the history can ...

EUTAW, Ala. - Jim Sterling didn't know what had hit his 156-year-old antebellum home when an earthquake struck Alabama's old plantation region early one morning last November. Startled, he grabbed ...