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 ...

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 ...

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… ...

Typically earthquakes only with a magnitude of 3.0 or higher can be felt. Most earthquakes in Alabama are weak. The last time an earthquake reached a magnitude of 4.0 or higher in Alabama was in 2004.

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.

In the NBC mini-series "10.5," a catastrophic quake is wiping the State of California off the face of the map. Could anything like that happen in Alabama?