According to the Alaska Earthquake Center, the Aleutian megathrust is the primary cause of the strongest earthquakes in the region. It's a major subduction zone fault, an area where two tectonic ...

A 5.1 magnitude earthquake has struck Alaska, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The epicenter was recorded at around 90 ...

Two more small earthquakes have been detected in Greenwood County. The U.S. Geological Survey confirmed two earthquakes, a ...

SONOMA COUNTY, CA - on Wednesday around midday, a preliminary 2.3 magnitude quake was reported close to The Geysers, ...

Emergency management officials in South Carolina are reminding residents to be prepared as the state continues to experience ...

VINALHAVEN, Maine — An earthquake was reported off the coast of Maine Tuesday morning. The United States Geological Survey ...

Two earthquakes struck different parts of Northern California early Thursday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey ...

“We don’t really know what’s causing them. That’s one of the mysteries of the of eastern US earthquakes is we really don’t ...

Scientists say a warning system could have given people on the Alaska Peninsula 10 seconds or more to brace themselves for July's M7.3 earthquake.

Multiple earthquakes shook Southern California hours after a tremor was felt on the East Coast on Aug. 5, according to data from the U.S. Geological Survey. One quake hit Rialto, California, in the ...

The recent, small earthquakes that rattled the New York metro area serve as a reminder that seismic activity does occur in ...

Far beneath the waves, down in the depths of the Japan Trench—seven kilometers below sea level—lie hidden clues about some of ...