You may recall learning about earthquakes in science class or seeing the devastating impacts in the news. An earthquake is more than the Earth shaking.

Trying to predict an earthquake's arrival may not yet be possible, but learning about what causes them and remaining ever vigilant for the next one is vital.

A deadly earthquake in Afghanistan, following one in Morocco, highlights the risks in the region.

You may have felt a jolt in the middle of the night when the South Napa Earthquake struck at 3:20 a.m. But what causes the earth to shake and how does it happen? Well, the earth is constantly shifting ...

The deadliest quake in the United States was the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, which killed about 3,000 and left half the city homeless. What causes earthquakes?

Discover interesting facts about how big earthquakes can get, why earthquakes happen, and why they're so hard to predict.

Earthquakes can rattle large swathes of the country. Here's what causes the geologic phenomenon.

So what’s the science behind what happens to cause an earthquake? Here’s a look at the anatomy of the New Jersey quake and try to explain the why and how of it all.

A smaller, magnitude 3.8 earthquake and several other smaller aftershocks rattled the region a few hours later. We asked geoscientist Gary Solar to explain what causes earthquakes in this region.

Earthquakes, large and small, happen every single day along zones that wrap around the world like seams on a baseball. Most don’t bother anybody, so they don’t make the news. But every now and ...

Discover interesting facts about how big earthquakes can get, why earthquakes happen, and why they're so hard to predict.