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 ...

An earthquake swarm has struck South Carolina over the past week, and experts are urging people to have a disaster plan in ...

Note: This story has been updated to reflect newly confirmed earthquakes recorded by USGS. GREENWOOD COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – ...

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.

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

The South Carolina Emergency Management Division says between 10 to 15 earthquakes are recorded each year in the Palmetto ...

A swarm of more than 1,350 earthquakes shook Mount Rainier this summer. USGS scientists took a closer look. Here’s what they ...

“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 ...

SOLANO COUNTY, CA - the U.S. Geological Survey reported that a preliminary 2.1 magnitude quake occurred near Vallejo at ...

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 ...

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, seven earthquakes ranging from 1.5 magnitude – 3 magnitude were recorded in ...

Two more earthquakes, on Sunday night and Monday morning, in Greenwood County were confirmed by the U.S. Geological Survey.