A light, 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck in the San Francisco Bay Area on Thursday, according to the United States Geological ...

A major, 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck in the South Atlantic Ocean on Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 10:16 p.m. Eastern, data from the agency ...

An earthquake map from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) shows that minor earthquakes hit nine states on Friday morning. The earthquakes come a week after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck off the ...

National-scale maps of earthquake shaking hazards provide information essential to creating and updating the seismic design provisions of building codes used in the United States.

The New Madrid seismic zone, in the center of the United States, is highlighted bright pink in this earthquake hazard map created by the U.S. Geological Survey in 2008, reflecting the increased ...

A new map reveals which parts of the US are most at risk of earthquakes in unprecedented detail — including quakes caused by people ...

The map employs data and seismic hazard models by the public-private Global Earthquake Model Foundation, China Earthquake Administration and the U.S. Geological Survey.

US Geological Survey updates its earthquake risk map, which heightens the risk for one-third of the US and lowers it for about one-tenth. The surprise is how pervasive relative risk is throughout ...

The most recent analysis of earthquake hazards in the US reminds us that our country has a lot of potential for shaking. Part of the USGS map showing the chance of damaging shaking due to an ...